to collect information; to gather knowledge
practice kit; practice board; practice partner; training partner
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
(providing) covering fire; supporting (backing up) someone (in a debate or argument)
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
right under; directly below
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
to thrust down; to push off
comforter; muffler; neckerchief; scarf; neckwear
to have a narrow escape from death
to take the blame; to take responsibility; to assume liability; to bear the burden
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
cold (attitude); indifferent; unsympathetic; aloof
to talk to oneself; to mutter
something that will last a lifetime (esp. high-quality products)
pity; sorrow; grief; misery
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
at someone's (something's) mercy
to join forces; to cooperate
stupid plan; inane way of doing something; (one's own) plan or project
survival after defeat; decline (of a person, business, etc.); ruin
division into groups; separation into classes (e.g. of schoolchildren according to ability)
I wonder if it is not (something, a thing)
injured person; wounded person; casualty
biological child; one's own child
self-interest; personal profit
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of
doubt; suspicion; fear; apprehension
desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes