being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...
to attempt; to test; to try out
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
to water (a plant, a flower etc.)
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
brightly lit; brightly lighted; lit up; lighted up
craving; longing; thirsting
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
for (some) doubtful points to remain
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
cooperation; collaboration
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
together with; same; both; all; including ...
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
first of all; in the first place
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
how can (one) do something
to appease; to suppress; to calm
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
to have an eye on; to zero in on
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
world; society; people; the public
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over