very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
as a child; when one was a child
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
time; season; period; phase; stage
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to take over; to hand over
to be worried; to be troubled
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
since when; from when; how long
several times; once or twice
close; intimate; on good terms
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
too much; excessively; too
indicate reason; infers some protest
how long; how much; to what extent
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
imagination; supposition; guess
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
encouragement (as an abstract concept); stimulation