to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to step over or across; to overcome
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
silver; senior citizen; pensioner
confidence; trust; faith; credit
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
measures to defend oneself (for self-defense) (defence)
neophyte; new monk (or nun); new convert (to Buddhism)
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
tough guy; wild one; veteran (in a particular field); expert; person of surprising audacity; someone with a lot of nerve
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colored; honey-coloured
object of avid desire; object of envy
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)
writing; entry (e.g. to a form); posting (e.g. to a blog)
contributor; poster; submitter
completely beating someone up; being completely knocked down; thoroughly bashing someone
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
omen; portent; sign; presage; harbinger; premonition
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
every person; every mouth; every entrance
to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by
to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
entry (in an event, competition, etc.); applying for entry; registering to participate; entry (on a blog, in a database, etc.); post
reception (desk); information desk; receptionist; receipt; acceptance
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
stipulation; prescription; normal (unit of normality); compulsory exercise (in gymnastics); compulsory routine
full tank (esp. of gasoline); full capacity (of a battery, receptacle, etc.)
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
arriving first; first to arrive; moving first
free (of charge); gratuitous