prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
to run through; to run past
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
razor; razor-sharp (mind, intellect, etc.); keen; astute person; person of keen intellect
to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest
child (esp. one of elementary school age or younger)
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
Gulliver; preeminent example of its kind
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
old gentleman; elderly gentleman
shop; store; establishment; restaurant
on bad terms; at loggerheads
nudity; stark naked; in one's bare skin; penniless
first visit to inn, restaurant, etc. without an introduction
bellows (of an accordion, camera, etc.); cornice; rickrack; ricrac; pleated shape; accordion pleats
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
coordinated group gymnastics (in which teams form pyramids or other shapes)
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over
by sheer strength; by brute force
professional wrestling move
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
to throw (strongly, violently, etc.)
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
physical labor; physical labour; manual work; drastic move (e.g. hold or strike in martial arts); power technique; display of power
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
to drive a wedge into (e.g. enemy defences); to wedge apart
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
hastily constructed; hastily built; made in a hurry; jerry-built; makeshift
gait; manner of walking; footwork (e.g. in sport); characteristic way of moving, keeping the center of gravity low (centre)