stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
to torment; to harass; to tease; to extort; to shake down; to demand money
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
to be hot on a person's heels
quantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.); heat value; calorific value; (degree of) enthusiasm; zeal; passion
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
occurring in succession; doing in succession; firing in rapid succession; volley of shots; volley (of questions, abuse, etc.); stream
continuous; continual; unceasing; incessant; without interruption
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
ability; performance; efficiency
to be indicated as the winner of a bout by the raising of the referee's fan; to be declared the winner
obstruction; hindrance; blocking; disturbance; interference; interruption
self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
above; going steadily upward
acceleration; speeding up
to soar; to fly; to run; to dash
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
completely; all the way; altogether; bodily
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
be (that) as it may; having said that
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
plus; addition; positive (number); plus sign; positive symbol; advantage; plus
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
desperation; self-abandonment
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of