to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
out of bounds; beyond the pale
sincere; earnest; serious
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
head start; initiative; preemption
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
to come to see; to come and see; to visit
to slay; to kill; to put to the sword
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
not just once; more than once; many times; again and again
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
to be horrified; to be filled with trepidation
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
mystical power inherent in words; spirit of language
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
heaven and earth; the universe; land; world; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
vast expanse of fertile land
faraway lands; voyage to faraway lands
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
belatedly; though a little too late
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
burnt field; burnt area; land devastated by fire
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
intense; violent; severe; vehement
terrain; geographical features; topography
dead center; (right in the) middle; midst; midst (e.g. of a storm); heyday; (the) height (e.g. of a debate)
antlion (larva); doodlebug; antlion pit
hot topic; talk of the town
complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying