art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
anecdote; brief (comic) story
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
they; those guys; those fellows
as soon as possible; as quickly as possible; speedily; without delay; ASAP
shithead; bastard; fucking; bloody; damned
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
straining; draining; drainer; strainer; cutwater (of a ship); forefoot
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
nimble; agile; quick; quick (thinking); smart; alert
to run out; to rush out; to start running; to begin to run; to break into a run
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
place; position; location; position; standing; status
to lose sight of; to miss
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
accurate; correct; precise; exact
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
mud; (wet) dirt; thief; Android (mobile operating system)
damp ground; wetland; bog; marsh
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)