hair style; coiffure; hairdo
mineral matter; metallic property
suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon
cloud of dust (sand, etc.)
gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr
to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
squint eye; cross-eye; strabismus
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
main purpose; primary objective
adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
to harden earth into a mass
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
story; tale; talk; discussion
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
point (of a conversation, etc.); sense; hold; grip
covered with; stained; smeared
to mind; to care; to worry
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)