(starting) from nothing; from scratch
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
cruise; navigation; sailing
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
instability; insecurity; crankiness
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2, etc.); ejection
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
slide (for projection); transparency; (microscope) slide; to slide; to slip; to shift (e.g. a group of items in a schedule)
parting; separation; farewell
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
to squash; to crush; to flatten
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
ray of hope; glimmer of hope
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
businessman; industrialist
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about