surroundings; environs; circumference
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to happen to meet; to come across
view; prospect; outlook; viewing platform; overlook
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
smallish; on the small side
guts; pluck; nerve; spirit
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
delivery; transfer; hand-over
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
related to; in relation to
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
preparatory phase; preparatory period
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher