to bear sth in mind	to keep sth in mind
intelligible	that can be understand
prowess	outstanding skill or experise
a mixed blessing	sth partially positive and partially negative
to grant sth	to give sth
to be at a premium	to be difficult to obtain and therefore more valued
in the wake of sth	coming after, following sth
to search every nook and cranny	to go through sth in order to find it
to succum to sth	to give in to sb/ to yield
to stipulate	to state sth clearly in the contract
undertaking	an instance of deciding to do sth challenging, extraordinary/ promise
thoroughly	without leaving anything out, completely
to bid	to say, to order
to aspire	to have aspirations to do sth
to supersede	to replace, to substitute
to overwhelm	to submerge
to overdo	to exaggerate
to be hard on sb	to expect too much
uphill	requiring effort, difficult
steep	falling sharply
venue	a place of meeting
to accord	to agree
to equate sth to sth	to treat sth as equal
sparsely	not densely
scarce	deficient
to emanate	to come or flow from sth
to disclose	to make sth known
to narrow down	to make sth shorter
to decline an offer	to refuse
to forego	to give up
to clinch a deal	to finalise
to clamp	to fasten with a clamp
to scold sb	to reprimend
to abuse	to insult
to set ones' sights on doing sth	to be determined to achieve sth
to put sth to sb	to suggest