otherwise; if not; or else
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition
finishing blow; coup de grâce
gentle; quiet; mild; quiet (color, pattern, etc.); sober
view (of life, etc.); outlook
to sift out; to screen or eliminate (candidates)
that kind; competition; match
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
one by one; one after another; successively
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
molecule; numerator; element (of a group); member; particle
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
to mistake (for something or someone else); to misread; to misjudge
individual; private person; personal; natural person
state of mind; mentality; psychology
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
macro; macro (instruction)
middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midfield (in soccer)
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
shadow figure; silhouette
group (of people, competitors, companies, etc.); contingent; camp; team
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
contributor; poster; submitter
withdrawal; discontinuance; abandoning; dropping
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
5th day of the month; five days
flight; desertion; escape
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
see!; didn't I tell you (this would happen)?