loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
every person; each one; everybody
priority; order of precedence
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit
flash; instant; lightning (speed)
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
herculean strength; mountain carrier-guide
pressure; oppression; suppression
to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
grip (of hand); grip strength
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
boundary; (nuclear) criticality; critical (mass, pressure, temperature, state, point, etc.)
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio
to pierce through; to stand (of something sharp or pointy); to thrust (up)
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate
plainly; clearly; vividly
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
before one knows; unnoticed; unawares
deployment; spreading out; dispersal