difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
just the other day; quite recently
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
under the command (of); under the banner (of); influenced (by)
to incorporate; to work into; to insert
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
generic; general purpose; all-purpose
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
intensification; aggravation
within; inside of; less than
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
provisional; temporary; tentative
promotion; raising of status
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard; mutual encouragement (to improve); working hard together; friendly rivalry
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily