novice; beginner; starting to run; running off; running away
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
to make oneself pleasant to everybody; to smile at everybody; to try to please everybody; to make things pleasant
choices; alternatives; options
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
to perform in tune with each other; to get along well; to be in perfect harmony; to make a perfect pair (team, etc.)
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
research team; investigative team; survey team; reconnaissance team; investigative commission; fact-finding party
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
preservation; retainment; keeping
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
to begin to walk; to set out
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
smoothly; easily; readily
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
to buy (of a government, public agency, etc. from a private citizen); to purchase; to buy up (all of something)
leaving everything up to someone else
beyond this point; from now on; after this
to part left and right; to open out
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
very likely; very probable
way out; means to escape; escape route
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
to stop walking; to pause
skill; dexterity; master hand
not yet known; unknown; strange
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle