performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
miscreant; scoundrel; villain
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
one-armed shoulder throw (judo or sumo)
somersault; looping-the-loop
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting
half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
just made; fresh (e.g. from the oven); newly built (e.g. house); brand-new
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
large build; large pattern
to mind; to care; to worry
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
silly person; dumb-bunny; dope
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
in one's own way or style
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
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)
to watch to the end; to ascertain; to determine; to know thoroughly; to obtain a deep understanding of
stupid; dim-witted; dense; dull; obtuse; slow
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
mysterious presence; mysterious atmosphere; aura of mystery
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force