wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape; to make good one's escape
(in) secrecy; behind closed doors
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
long time; several hours; long spell
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
(young) girl; maiden; young lady
survival; survivor; relic
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
most important condition (for); first prerequisite
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
harvest; crop; fruits (of one's labors); gain; catch (fishing); bag (hunting)
by all means; at all costs
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
accomplishment; execution
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
comparatively; relatively; fairly; considering ...; for ...; despite ...
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight; rough going; running into trouble; proceeding with difficulty
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances