one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
everything one does; whatever one does
multicolumn layout; column setting
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
obstruction; impediment; hindrance; inhibition; blocking; check
contemplation; meditation
making doubly sure; points scored for good measure; insurance run (in baseball)
contention; competition; rivalry; quarrel
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
in proportion to; just as much as
(place) right in the center; dead center; dead centre; exact middle; heart
with a clatter; with a rattle; (almost) empty; (mostly) vacant; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
savings box; moneybox; piggy bank
to bring to light; to expose (to the world)
enemy camp; enemy line; last 3 rows of the board
track and field; athletics
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
to jump up; to leap up; to spring up
to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt
tranquil; calm; quiet; mild (weather); balmy
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
high five; high touch (involvement of personal attention and service)
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
without cause; without reason
guerrilla; guerrilla warfare; sudden
pressure; clamping; tightening; fastening
flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
cutting pliers; lineman's pliers; combination pliers
grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime
to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
element; chemical element; (classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire); (arch.) origin; (arch.) source
to hold fast; to protect to the end
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to; to attend
strongest ever; most powerful in history
to well up; to burst; to arise