to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
to exert oneself; to make efforts
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
firmly; absolutely; flatly; by far; far and away; by a long shot
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
setting off (on a trip); departure
to feel more like (a certain mood)
to be enlivened; to be exhilarated
application (to take part in); registration
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
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.)
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
physical condition; state of health
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
reproachful; hateful; bitter
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
sign (of things to come); good omen; good sign
to make merry; to be festive
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional