strength; power; proficiency; ability
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
rather; sooner; preferably
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
thickness; profundity; depth
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
choices; alternatives; options
last ray of hope; only hope
serious; not joking; straight
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
yoo-hoo; halloo; hi-de-ho; howdy; hey
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
to understand; to make out
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to have no chance (of succeeding)
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
to clatter; to flap (noisily); to rattle; to walk around being unable to settle down
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with