1 human nature

2 humanity

3 human

4 the totality of human attributes

1 willful

2 headstrong

3 unruly

1 individuality

2 personality

1 woman

2 the female sex

1 flexibility

2 elasticity

1 one word says it all (idiom)

2 to hit the nail on the head

3 to be pithy and correct

1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)

2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle

3 it's either him or me

1 to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions

1 to cultivate the heart and nurture the character (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation

1 like a hot knife through butter (idiom)

2 with irresistible force