selection; classification; sorting; screening; triage
one's nature; talents; destiny; mission; sphere of activity
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
resentment; indignation; anger
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
expression; presentation; representation; notation
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
other than; excluding; without
fast-talking; rapid talking
to mark the end; to spell the end
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
personal; individual; private
trouble; bother; annoyance
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
(with a) thump; (hanging) straight down
bygones; the past; past event
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
seeing one off; farewell; escort
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
self-consciousness; self-awareness