to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself
leap; jump; stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; rapid progress; dramatic development
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
by extension; in turn; by the same token; in addition; as well; consequently
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
grandstand play; grandstanding; showboating; showing off
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
I am not going to fall for that trick; that trick won't work on me
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)
quite absurd thing; something ridiculous that makes one laugh; extremely irritating thing
... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
stabbing to death; putting out
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; witty remark; light joke; amusing talk
information; making a report (to a superior)
to come out completely; to be fully expressed (of views, ideas, etc.); to be aired fully; to be exhausted; to run out
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; recklessly; thoughtlessly; excessively
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
esophagus; oesophagus; gullet
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer