wallet; purse; coin purse; billfold; pocketbook
grasping (with one's bare hands); holding; grabbing; seizing; catching
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
coward; chicken; yellow-belly; sneaky person; underhanded person; dastardly person
fair and square; open and aboveboard; bold and forthright
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
that's true; of course; obviously
all over; filled in; complete; total; clichéd; hackneyed; plaintext
handle; grip; stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)
dozens; scores of; decades
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
to jump back; to leap back; to jump aside; to jump out of the way
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics
cunning; crafty; wily; sly
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
compression; condensing; shortening; compression (of data)
rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
look!; there!; here!; that is
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
like this; in this way; as you see
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
trudging (along); plodding; slowly and with heavy steps
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
called; known as; that; to say
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
changeable; unsettled; inconstant; fickle (e.g. weather)