winning in a flash; instant defeat
propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement
oh no!; good heavens!; oops
form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode
this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
erasure; deletion; elimination (of variables); extinction
to catch (a wild animal or fish); to capture; to hunt; to win (a title, prize, etc.); to conquer
dung beetle; gold beetle; goldbug; maggots in faeces (feces)
unable to resist; unable to suppress
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
speech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour; manners
taking over (another's debt, work); shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
trick; plot device; mystery-fiction trope
mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth); parent body; parent organization; base
finish; finishing; finishing touches
lining; land that does not adjoin to public or private roads
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
leaving (a hall, meeting, stadium, etc.); exit; walkout; exit (from the stage); leaving the stage
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
to despair of; to see the vanity of
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander
to wither completely (of a plant); to dry up completely; to drop all its leaves
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
to say repeatedly; to say proverbially
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)