exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
traditional; conventional
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
being too late; losing one's final chance
state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place
to grudge; to begrudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to differ; to vary; to disagree
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
big frame; large figure; huge body
to lose a closely fought contest
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to check; to stop; to keep back
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
probability; likelihood; chances
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin