special characteristics; peculiarity; distinctiveness
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
absolute obedience; complete submission
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
action of making something; -ification
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
reinforcement; strengthening
being cleared (doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away; melting (of ice)
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
endless argument; pointless argument; fruitless dispute; futile discussion; (lit.) argument over whose field to water (during a drought)
on hand; readily available
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
in the end; at the end of the day
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
complicated and mysterious
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present