sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
approximate age; age range
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
(physical) growth; development
no exception; without exception; always the same
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
property; fortune; assets
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
(state of) apparent death; suspended animation
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
one way or the other; either way
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
how many people; a number of people
all night; throughout the night
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
confrontation; opposition; antagonism