period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; one-year period
intimacy; affection; familiarity
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
official announcement; proclamation
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting); probe; probing move
severe; strict; tough; hard
likely loss; probable defeat
to scatter away; to fly away; to blow away; to be removed without trace; to vanish
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
to have (something) innate; to be born with
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
opening fully; full throttle; full power
ripeness; mellowness; maturity
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
air battle; dog fight; aerial battle
to flutter (e.g. a flag); to wave; to reverberate (e.g. thunder); to resound
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
effect; virtue; efficacy; impression
I thought so; I suspected as much; just as I thought; now you're talking; that's the spirit
no way to do; nothing can be done
to depend (on the situation); to be handled case by case
to be softened; to calm down
to attack; to destroy; to defeat; to conquer; to avenge
wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy
even (e.g. even a child); as long as (it is, you are, etc.); (if) only; just
shivering; trembling; shuddering; shaking
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
hard-to-believe; unbelievable; incredible; fabulous
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
first generation; founder
hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
to hide from society; to avoid the gaze of society; to keep out of the public eye
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore
to make something look better; to put into (good, better) shape; to put up a front; to pose; to pretend