seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
good prospects; full of hope; promising
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
number two; mistress; concubine
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
epidermis; cuticle; bark; epidermis; facade
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
body; physique; build; stature
herbal medicine prepared from dried earthworms
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
taking great pains (to do); making every effort; having a lot of trouble (doing); racking one's brains
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to remove; to exclude; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group
opening; aperture (e.g. camera); opening one's mouth; beginning to speak; open; broad
(pilot or driver's) seat; cockpit
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
to be hideously burned; to be burned raw
to knock down; to knock off
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
filling (up); replenishing; filling in (tooth); loading (gun with ammunition, camera with film, etc.); packing; plugging
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
survival; survivor; relic
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
under repair; out of service
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect