to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
attack; assault; criticism; censure; cyber attack (e.g. DDoS)
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life
big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
to throw at; to turn; to raise
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
output (electrical, signal, etc.)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
sharp drop; plunge; nosedive; slump; (value or amount) plummeting
large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; large swarm
single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
bravery; military prowess; valour; valor
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
rare; exceptional; extraordinary; unique; incomparable; unparalleled
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
(excessive) flattery; smarminess; fawning
to place in a row; to line up; to range in order; to list one after another (e.g. excuses, reasons, complaints); to rattle off (e.g. lies, compliments); to reel off
same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion; being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
that's the way it is; such is life
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to swoop down; to glide down; to fly down; to land gently (on); to alight (on)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions