soft skin (esp. of a woman)
great difference; big difference; wide margin
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
conditional; qualified; with conditions attached
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
to compose; to put together
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
to drive in (a nail, stake, etc.); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into; to shoot into; to input (data)
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap
to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
to erase all trace of something
to shun; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of (esp. one's health)
sleepwalker; somnambulist
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); icky; to stick closely
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
root; source; origin; cause
stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to dash (water, etc.; on someone or something); to throw (on); to pour (over)
to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do
combined use; using together (with); using jointly; using at the same time
quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble
through (e.g. an intermediary, a medium); via; over (e.g. a network); across; by way of; by means of
Mariana Trench (deepest part of the ocean, near the Mariana Islands)
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
the sciences; STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics)