gems and stones; wheat and chaff; wheat and tares; good and bad
former job; former position
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
leader; central personage
(bank) president; greenroom manager (in a theater)
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
completely exhausted; dog-tired; dreadfully weary; terribly frustrated; limp; weak
desperately; for one's dear life
laughing while reminiscing
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
himself; yourself; herself
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
groundwork; preparation; walking practice; strengthening one's legs; leg hold (wrestling, judo, etc.); wooden beam that joins underfloor pillars
influence; clout; leverage
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
slightly early; just before