average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)
blithering idiot; bloody fool; total moron; dimwit
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
science; to think about scientifically; to think in terms of science
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to accompany; to follow; to assemble (necessary items); to prepare
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
man of humble position; commoner; ordinary man; thoughtless man; man of little worth; person who lacks wisdom
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
rage; fury; exasperation; indignation
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way
strength in one's arms; physical strength; muscular strength; force; violence
to hit hard; to strike hard
ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap
to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint
ten; 10; ten years of age
for the first time in one's life
to boast; to brag; to exaggerate
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to be dead; to be lifeless
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
two times; twice; two degrees
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to knock down; to knock out