sharp sighted; easily awakened
to find fault with; to question
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
unconditionally; as a rule
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to tighten; to press hard
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest
offense and defense; offence and defence
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
very likely; very probable
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait
to find out; to discover; to locate
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")