(face) mask; (facial) features; looks; mask (e.g. for circuit etching)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
bitter tears; (lit.) tears of blood
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
nimble; agile; quick; quick (thinking); smart; alert
zip it (when used to others); I'll shut up (when used by oneself); button (one's) lips
zip fastener; zipper; zip; chuck (device for holding a workpiece in a lathe or a tool in a drill)
refinement; elegance; grace
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate; to depart from (the norm, etc.)
pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
the lower classes; the common people
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
correction; revision; amendment
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
practice; practising; exercises; manoeuvres; seminar (student debates, presentations, etc.); practicum
to repeat; to do something over again
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
brave figure; valiant figure; heroic figure; gallant figure
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
to temper thoroughly; to train well
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
aggression; invasion; raid
to hold fast; to protect to the end
armed forces; military; troops
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
to squash; to crush; to flatten
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have