learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
bet; wager; stake; gamble
acceleration; speeding up
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
literally; to the letter; literal
unlimited; unrestricted; limitless
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
as one pleases; self-indulgently; freely; without restraint; at will
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best
to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
innocent; not guilty; harmless
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
looking upon (someone) as an enemy; regarding as an enemy; being hostile toward
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to push; to propel; to shove; to spur (someone); to stimulate; to impel
to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)
extraordinary; exceptional; unprecedented; solecistic; non-standard; irregular
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that