adaptation; accommodation; conformity
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
crown (of creation); apex; the best
several years standing; over several years
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
(in) her way; peculiar to her
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
to redeem (from sin); to save
fleet (fishing, naval, etc.); convoy; group of ships
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition; on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on