remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
to head home; to leave for home
feeling of relief (for the time being); peace of mind (for now)
each and every person (saying); one and all; unanimously; in unison; separately; individually
postwar period; period after Second World War
to feel relieved; to feel satisfied
transport; transportation; transit; conveyance
(wheeled) vehicle; car; (railroad) car; (railway) carriage; rolling stock
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (of light); convergence
rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish
removal; taking away; dismantling (a building, facilities, etc.); withdrawal (of troops)
to become coarse (e.g. of a texture); to turn rough; to turn gritty; to become sandy
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
product; produce; result; fruit
everywhere; all over; throughout
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
to hold fast; to protect to the end
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
desperately; for one's dear life
to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city); to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
to search for; to seek for; to look for
from the viewpoint of; according to
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
material; substance; matter
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
blur; blurred; indistinct
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to weigh on one's mind; to worry one; to be concerned about