to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress
preparation; provision; guarding
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
to kill; to defeat; to beat
shell (e.g. electron shell)
to peel off and fall; to flake away
slowly and quietly; smoothly
vulgar; mean; base; coarse; crude
hard fight; difficult struggle
to supplant; to supersede; to replace; to take the place of
high efficiency; high performance
to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
in name only; titular; nominal
too good (for a child, to be true, etc.); overproduction (e.g. of crops); making too much
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
to be mad; to go mad; to go insane
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
to come back; to bloom a second time
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
gradations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); division; scale