promising stock; stock with potential; hopeful stock; promising person; person with good prospects
undesirable lover (boyfriend, girlfriend); passion; temper; irritability
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
ancient time; age of the gods
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
coming and going; recurring (esp. thoughts)
to draw closed the curtain (of a theatre, etc.); (fig.) to come to an end
when winter comes spring isn't far behind
spring day; spring sunlight
turning into a cooler state; cooling down
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
bacterium; bacteria; germ
muffler; scarf; comforter; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
to underrate; to make light of
heavy outfit designed to keep out the cold
fluffy; lumpy (e.g. clothing); uneven; bulging (e.g. muscles)
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
in proportion to; just as much as
stupidity; silliness; asininity; imbecility; dim-wittedness
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
extraction; withdrawal; evulsion; avulsion
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
earmuffs (for protection against cold); ear warmers
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
rough-and-ready; knocked-up; hasty; slipshod; slapdash
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
than; other than; except; but
lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into