skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
to show one's true colors (colours); to expose one's faults; to give oneself away
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
sanity; consciousness; soberness
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
incomplete; unfinished; imperfect
aesthetic sense; sense of beauty; eye for the beautiful
correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
a little; a bit; a small amount; a little while; a short time; a moment
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
broth left over after boiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc.; stock
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
undine; Undine (1811 German novella by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué)
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...