consumption; expenditure; spending
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
beginning; outset; first; onset
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
performance (e.g. music, dance, drama); something done (just) for show; theatre; performance (of a computer, car, investment, etc.)
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
mental condition; state of mind; mentality
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
obvious; (as) clear as day; plain to see
devoted; self-sacrificing
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
waiting to see one's opponent's move; playing a waiting game
in succession; one by one
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
rush (of people or activity); rush (sudden forward motion); rush hour; rushes; dailies
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
simple honesty; tactless frankness
form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
(distant) howling; howl; backbiting; criticizing someone behind their back
to forget to put in; to leave out
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
lost property; something dropped and left behind; dropping something (without realising); losing something
to step on; to trample down; to tread on
cunning (acquired with age); astute; crafty; sly; wily
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.