to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
decisive game; important bout; crucial match
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
to fray one's nerves; to wear out one's nerves; to frazzle one's nerves; to be a nervous wreck
to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps
specific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet
walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)
same kind (race); homogeneousness
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
head start; initiative; preemption
to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on
to open hostilities; to take up arms (against)
handed-down order; issued instruction; word of command
to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)
to change the position of
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
not covered (e.g. of a sports opponent); unobserved; under the radar; unmarked (e.g. of a product); unlabelled
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint
precision instrument or machine
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
to turn left; to turn to the left
one army; whole army; first string players; the cool kids; the popular kids
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
amiable; affable; likable
overhead ladder; horizontal ladder; monkey bars; yunti (scaling ladder used for escalade in ancient China)
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
brute force approach (esp. in a video game)