flow line; streamline; lines representing the flow of a fluid
to lend an ear to; to listen to
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
abrasion; scrape; graze; paratripsis
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
handle; grip; stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)
good performance; good work; great success
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
decision; judgment; resolution
luminous flux; pencil (of light); beam
round bar (of metal, etc.)
having vague fears; feeling alarmed; feeling gloomy (about the future); feeling apprehension
vibration; vibrato; trill
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest
aposematic coloration (colouration)
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
action; behavior; behaviour; (arch.) recommendation (of a person for a position)
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
promising without due consideration
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
probe each other; sound each other out
refresh (e.g. memory, one's spirits, etc.)
growing thickly; growing densely