transfer of a budget appropriation from one (government) section to another
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
to beat by a wide margin (in a race); to tear (off) roughly
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
to happen to hear; to overhear
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
at once; immediately; instantly; in an instant; quickly; suddenly
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
prohibition; inhibition; ban
contest of strength; trial of strength
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
to give someone a surprise; to catch off guard and fluster; to frustrate (e.g. someone's plans); to give someone a blow; to scare the hell out of
not limited to; not just ...
that is to say; so that means
from here; from this place
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
to stand in a line; to stand in a row; to be equal
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
to run down (stairs, etc.)
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
locking swords and pushing against each other; close contest; neck-and-neck game; fierce competition
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
to make sure of; to ascertain; to see with one's own eyes; to watch to the end; to watch to make sure (that)