setting off (on a trip); departure
to prosper; to flourish; to thrive
port city; harbor city; harbour city
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
entering (the marketplace); introducing (something) to the market; access; visiting a high-class or noble individual
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
the right person in the right place
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
street stall; stand; booth
rude person; villain; blackguard; scoundrel; rogue; libertine
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
to prevent (something) from occurring; to forestall; to avert; to nip in the bud
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
than; rather than; instead of; from; since; except
beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
wearing nothing but an apron; being nude except for an apron
tour (e.g. Tour de France)
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
to encourage to do (something); to urge a person on; to demand action; to spank; to give a spanking; to hit someone on the bottom
beautiful legs; great legs
assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad
cross; crossing; intersecting; cross (soccer)
legitimate self-defence; legitimate self-defense
to step firmly (on); to harden by treading