bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to run down (stairs, etc.)
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
in succession; one after another
lower region; lower part; region below
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
sharp sighted; easily awakened
up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
figure; body shape; build; somatotype; biotype; habitus
to throw open; to leave open
fold; pleat; folds (e.g. of a mountain); crease; (hidden) detail; nuance
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
retreating figure; appearance from behind
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
instability; insecurity; crankiness
to display one's real ability; to show one's real ability; to show one's stuff; to show oneself at one's best; to really shine; to come into one's own
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
to be hot on a person's heels
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
prospects of victory; chances of success
outcome (of a course of events); consequence; tendency; trend; drift
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
large company; large enterprise; large corporation
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
identification; ID; identity
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
to compose; to put together
excursion; round trip; seasonal migration (of fish, etc.)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment