reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
advance; moving forward; progress
calm and collected; with composure; having enough and to spare
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
exhaled air; exhalation; expiration
phantom; vision; illusion
visual hallucination; vision
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
explosion; rupture; break off
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
use; utilization; utilisation; application
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations
tradition; legend; folklore
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
individual; private person; personal; private
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
suddenly; abruptly; quickly
worn-out; run-down; shabby; tattered; dilapidated
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
head start; initiative; preemption
four (long cylindrical things)
to cut corners; to be shoddy
high and low; rise and fall
trajectory; line of fire; ballistic
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
succeeding; following; trailing; next
keeping an alternative up one's sleeve; two-stage preparation
pace; tempo; slow and fast; in case of emergency
firearms; missile; projectile weapon
physical law; laws of physics
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help