stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
anticipation; expectation; plan; preparation
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
non-conforming process; noncompliant; incompatible
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor); research assistant
to be fated; to be linked by fate
broadband; brokers' broker
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
previous work; preceding work; previous title; first crop grown in a double-cropped field; preceding crop
to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
use; utilization; utilisation; application
surface treatment; surface machining; facing
invention; intelligent; clever; smart
although I say; although one might say; although called
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
amount of force (required to do something); (using the) right amount of force; appropriate use of force
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed
(walking) stick; cane; wand
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
this (very thing); this precisely
science; to think about scientifically; to think in terms of science
(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
whatever will be, will be; things happen the way they happen; let nature take its course
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
helper; assistant; help; assistance
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
whoopie; yee-haw; noise made when celebrating
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel