rising; ascending; climbing
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
to become scared; to have an attack of nerves; to have a yellow streak; to chicken out; to run out of courage
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
deceptive advertising; misleading advertisement (presenting one's product as being better or cheaper than it really is)
boastful speech; bragging
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
preparation; arrangements
(item of) equipment; accessories (bike, auto)
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
the right person in the right place
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
reckless remark; rash remark; thoughtless words; falsehood
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
fragile; brittle; delicate; sensitive
going on about oneself; talking about oneself
queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak
eccentric; crank; oddball
way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!
northern part; the north (of a region)
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
small number; few; minority
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
distrust of (other) human beings
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for