loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
majestic; commanding; imposing; stately; dignified; with pomp and circumstance
to look away; to avert one's eyes
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
round (esp. in sports, negotiations, etc.); rounds (e.g. nurse, security guard, etc.)
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
broken; intermittent; disconnected
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
other side; opposite side; other party
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
everybody; every last one of them; all
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
respect and affection; love and respect
sovereign; emperor; monarch
each and all; every single one; everybody
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
the principle of the thing
thought; consideration; thinking
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
solution; solution strategy
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
prodigy; talented person; person of exceptional talent; genius
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
in proportion to; just as much as
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
rich (taste); full-bodied (flavour, flavor); mellow; laid-back (lifestyle); relaxed; comfortable
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
to make an incessant onslaught; to attack incessantly
(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point