plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
unprecedented; never seen before
to boast; to brag; to exaggerate
just above; right overhead
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
rod; pole; stick; fishing rod
suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
back off!; leave me alone!
a few years ago; some years back
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
nice; good; well-executed
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
covering; protection; backing; relief
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!
body and soul; mind and body
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
lukewarm; tepid; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing