knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (e.g. economy); losing momentum
weight training; muscle training
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
leather; leather-bound; leathern
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
being empty-handed; being penniless; having no capital (for starting a business)
self-taught method; one's own way; one's own style
mastery; learning through experience; realization; realisation; comprehension
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
half-way up a slope or stairway; landing; center of three (horizontal) columns (of print) (centre)
to become settled; to be fixed
virtue; charm; merit; good point
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
deep (of emotions, connections, etc.)
substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)
without leaving any trace
(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
in respect of; in regards to; as for
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be
life imprisonment; life sentence
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
handyman; utility man; odd-job man
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
to give one's everything; to make one's best effort; to be enthused; to put your back into it
obligation chocolate; chocolate given by women to male colleagues, etc. out of obligation on Valentine's day
one or two; a few; small number