mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
prejudice; bias; warped view; jealousy; inferiority complex
snugly; cosily; carefree; easily; freshly made and still warm; imprudently
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
experience; history; record; career
to give something weight; to give something dignity
upper level; upper grade; high rank; advanced level; senior level; upper class
appointment; assignment; promotion
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
to stare back (at); to glare back
to sing; to chirp; to twitter
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to gather (of people); to assemble; to hang out; to assemble (of troops); to be stationed; to be quartered
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
to throw; to toss; to fling; to abandon (one's work); to give up; to lay aside
to have meaning; to be meaningful
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
first attack; first strike; first blow
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
locking swords and pushing against each other; close contest; neck-and-neck game; fierce competition
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
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
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase; follow-up attack
sweeping sideways; mowing down
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat)
continued alertness; unrelaxed alertness; follow-through (e.g. in archery); lingering affection; attachment
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track