to slide	to glide, to move smoothly
to skid	to move sideways/ to slide
to stew	to suffocate
to incur	to bring sth upon oneself, to cause oneself to suffer
to throw caution to the wind	to stop being cautious
to step up	to increase
deterrent	sth that makes sb less likely to do sth
to bestow sth on sb	to give, to grant
proximate	near, the nearest
to impede	to frustrate, to obstruct, to slow down the development of sth, to balk
impediment	obstacle, obstruction
to meddle	to interfere
to recant	to withdraw, to cancel, to reject
cornerstone of sth	the foundation, basis of sth
eponymous	named after
to shred	to cut, to tear/ to oppose, to prove false, to refuse
to eschew	to avoid, to shun, to keep away from
to pick up	to gather from the ground/ to learn a bit
to look up	to check
chief	main
principal	general, the most important
weighty	important
concretely	giving a definite answer
accurately	precisely
attentive to	mindful of
appreciable	considerable
on alert	ready for an action
to carve	to cut sth out of sth
to have a substance	to have sth esential that one finds convincing
the ranks	ordinary people
to strike	to hit
internal	on/of the inside
inner	within one's body or an area
to counteract	to act against sth/ to reduce the force or effect of sth
lucid	clearly expressed
to abate	to make sth less violent, serious or strong
a case of mind over matter	mental pover versus physical strength