N1 Vocabulary

instructions, directions, indication

to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.), to throw down the gauntlet, to contend for

challenge, defiance, dare

swing, shake, sweep, wave, wag

shaking (something) out

promotion, encouragement

constable, policeman

capture, seizure

prisoner (of war), POW, captive

whaling, whale hunting, whale fishing

to make (good) progress, to move right ahead (with the work), to advance

search, investigation

search (esp. for someone or something missing), manhunt

to lift up, to hold up, to hold above eye level

to get twisted, to get crooked, to get warped

to install, to equip, to mount

to turn up, to roll up (e.g. sleeves)

to grant, to give, to confer, to award

drainage, draining, pumping out (water), sewerage

exclusion, removal, elimination