swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
to anticipate; to foresee
counter; counting device; (service) counter (at a bank, store, etc.); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); bar; counter-attack (in soccer); counter
minimum; lowest; minimal; at a minimum
inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to
black box; flight recorder; black box (system or device with hidden internal workings)
one more; another (one); (not) quite; (not) entirely; (not) enough
to come (home) to one; to click; to ring a bell; to appeal to one; to speak to one; to impress one
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
goal (in soccer, hockey, etc.); basket (in basketball); finish line; finishing line; reaching the finish line; finishing (a race)
self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
mindset; outlook; view; way of looking at things; perspective
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
matter for the future; something that is a long way off; something that is not going to happen anytime soon
to say it out loud; to yell out; to emphasize
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
saving (e.g. energy); cutting down on (e.g. alcohol); save; save
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
to appear to regret (an outcome, etc.); to seem bitter
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
intelligence gathering; information gathering
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
completely; thoroughly; decisively; unsparingly; beyond recognition; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
vulgar; indecent; crude; jumbled (of a place); disorderly; chaotic
to draw near; to approach; to be imminent; to be impending; to be at hand
scramble intersection; pedestrian scramble; X-crossing; diagonal crossing; intersection allowing pedestrians to cross simultaneously in any direction
surname; family name; last name
relatedness; associativity; relation; relationship; relevance
estrangement; alienation; disaffection; (customer) churn; attrition
thickness; profundity; depth; thickness; strong and tight group or wall of stones
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)