brave; courageous; gallant; valiant; heroic
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
vast; limitless; boundless
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
incremental; step-by-step; gradual; stepwise
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
quantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.); heat value; calorific value; (degree of) enthusiasm; zeal; passion
rising; ascending; climbing
to boil strongly; to be excited
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
masterpiece; masterwork; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
head start; initiative; preemption
to jump back; to leap back; to jump aside; to jump out of the way
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
fighting sport; combat sport; martial art
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
entirety; whole; balance (in Zen); equality
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
combat techniques; combat skills; fighting techniques
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
falsehood and truth; fiction and fact
to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through