ghost; apparition; spirit
there's but a fine line between genius and insanity
to feel compassion towards; to be swayed by emotion; to be moved by
one (more) effort; one (more) push; a try; a go
to sieve; to sift; to winnow; to screen (candidates)
door-to-door entertainment; door-to-door entertainer; strolling musician; street musician
not mince matters; not mince one's words
to be mixed up with; to have a connection with (a troublesome matter); to be a stickler about; to be finicky about (some triviality); to take part (in some work); to hang about
fear; dread; fright; willies
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
killing time; staving off boredom
set of problems (e.g. in a textbook) in which previously learned skills are applied to real world situations; practical assessment
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
to act as an opposite; to form a counterpart; to act as a twin
makeshift; temporary expedient; stopgap measure
to be on the right track; to go well
pine torch; torchlight; firebrand; bonfire
sinking; submerging; sinker; weight
lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head
slender build; slender figure; leptosome; waifish; leptosomaic; leptosomatic
sportswear; sports clothes
wickedness; evil; calamity; disaster
one's own problem; one's own issues
a man's word is his bond; a man does not go back on what he's said
intermediate student; intermediate learner; intermediate practitioner
dripping with sweat; doing something by the sweat of one's brow
asking for the moon; pining for what one doesn't have; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence; asking for too much; asking for the impossible
kinky hair; frizzy hair; unruly hair; curly hair
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
cares; ill feeling; reserve
that; he; she; that person