cooking; food preparation
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision
existence; being; life; survival
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
group action; collective behavior; collective behaviour; acting as a group
wish; desire; ambition; choice
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
to erase all trace of something
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
passing mark; qualifying marks (score)
treasure chest; strongbox
to hunt for a job; to seek employment
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
good-for-nothing; scapegrace; nuisance; trouble
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
fortitude; perseverance; stoicism; patience
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
applicant; candidate; volunteer
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
to coagulate; to congeal; to be fanatical (about); to be obsessed (with); to stiffen; to become stiff
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken