handsome young man; Adonis
fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating
slow; gradual; steady; calm; composed; relaxed
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
solution (esp. to a problem)
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
good at playing along; up for anything; carefree; uplifting; upbeat
lecture (esp. special engagement by noted speaker); lecture meeting (event with one or more lectures)
hidden reserves of strength; latent energy; potentiality; real strength
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
to withstand; to be able to endure
increase and decrease; fluctuation
overspec; over-engineered; overqualified (job candidate)
generic; general purpose; all-purpose
opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province
Islamic State (of Iraq and the Levant); Daesh; IS; information separator; delimiter
decrease; reduction; decline
reorganization (e.g. of a company); reorganisation; consolidation; scrap-and-build
(written) explanation; instructions (e.g. on a product); explanatory label
load balancing; load sharing; load distribution
life and death; life or death
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
having a small bladder; having an overactive bladder
trifling matter; urination; urine
hurriedly; in haste; in a rush; hurry up!; quickly!; get going!
to lose one's way; to get lost
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence