to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
test of one's strength; test of one's ability
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
to feel like; to feel inclined to do
offensive strength; offensive power; striking power
to concentrate; to focus on; to devote; to stiffen; to become tense
magic bullet; magic bullets
practical use; application; making good use of; conjugation; inflection
disturbance; confusion; perturbation; commotion; turbulence
to have a chill run down one's spine
race (of people); type of person
reform; reformation; reorganization
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
classic; traditional; orthodox; proper
competent; suitable; qualified
to coagulate; to congeal; to be fanatical (about); to be obsessed (with); to stiffen; to become stiff
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
rational; reasonable; logical
to worry (about); to be worried (about); to be troubled (by); to be pained (by); to be distressed (by)
hating; strongly disliking
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
(raw) ore; unpolished gemstone
to have (something) innate; to be born with
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
being drawn to many things; distraction; difficulty of choice; difficulty in choosing; being unable to decide
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones; in secret; stealthily
resentful; bitter; reproachful; regrettable; disappointing; frustrating
stylish; fashionable; dressing (oneself) up; dressing smartly; fashionable dresser; smartly dressed person
runner-up; second (in a race)
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around