grazing; touching lightly; squeezing (someone for money); percentage; kickback
strong-minded; strong-willed; having great willpower
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to draw a bow; to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun; having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
hand used like a sword in striking
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
to be spattered by blood from one's victim; to suffer a reaction; to receive a backlash
washing with cold water (without using soap, etc.)
doing things at one's own pace (e.g. slower than others); doing things one's own way (esp. in an inconsiderate manner)
to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into
pattern paper (for dressmaking)
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
finished product; finished goods; completed article
to suspend from; to be suspended (from)
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
novel; original; new; innovative
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
neophilia; love of new or novel things; one who loves new or novel things
favorite; favourite; habitually used