having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
plan; scheme; stratagem; plot; trick
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
to occur repeatedly; to repeat; to be repeated; to be frequent
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
losing posture; falling position from which it is impossible to recover; lame duck; hopeless situation
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
spring (device); spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
to conjecture; to comprehend; to surmise; to understand; to estimate
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
such ... as; or some such
expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by
(adding) fuel to the fire
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
to burn hotly; to burn redly; to lose one's temper; to get mad; to be upset
to irritate; to offend; to provoke; to get on one's nerves
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
to project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post
X mark (indicating an incorrect answer, disagreement, cancellation, etc.)
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
picked troops; elite soldiers; crack troops
being boxed in on all sides; having obstacles in every direction; being at a loss (what to do); being in a fix
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
(brute) force; using all one's might