unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house
with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly
laws (of nature); (divine) providence
first attack; first strike; first blow
losing by being overmatched; being defeated by a stronger opponent; losing by misusing one's powers; defeat as a result of trying too hard
strong arm; stout arm; ability to carry out a difficult job; capable person
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
to be started; to begin (of a battle, contest, campaign, etc.)
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
proper; respectable; decent; honest
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
to blink (one's eyes) repeatedly
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
memory; sense; experience
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to raise; to record; to bring up (a matter); to serve (food); to send someone out
output (electrical, signal, etc.)
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
agreement; accord; correspondence; union; unity; cooperation
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to weigh (one thing against another); to compare (the relative merits of two options); (lit.) to weigh (something) on scales; to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
grazing; touching lightly; squeezing (someone for money); percentage; kickback
trajectory; line of fire; ballistic
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with