clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
distant view; looking from a distance; being able to see a long distance; good long-distance vision; farsightedness
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop
easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely
sea level; (surface of) sea
seat (esp. in public places or places with assigned seating); seating
landing; alighting; touch down
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
favorite; favourite; habitually used
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
long (time that has passed); old (story)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
alone; by oneself; on one's own
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
way; method; means; resource; course
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
innocent; cherubic; childlike
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to