secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
judgment; judgement; discernment
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
physical strength; muscle strength
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
while; during (the time when)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to lure someone; to entice someone
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)
to wipe thoroughly; to polish
to be found; to be discovered
sporty (esp. garments, accessories, etc.)
wire netting; wire mesh; wire screen; chain-link mesh
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
sense of caution; wariness
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
to stare back at; to look back at