excelling; surpassing; outdoing
deep emotion; strong feelings
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
contract; compact; agreement
to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
to overcharge; to rip off
other side; opposite side; other party
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
worm-eaten; moth-eaten; holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.; leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus); chiffchaff
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
fully loaded; full load; loaded condition
defensive perimeter; defence line; defense line; precaution; safeguard; safety measure
to easily defeat; to eat (one's opponent) alive; to bilk; to swindle; to dupe
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
gathering; place where people gather; (arch.) police station; (arch.) camp; (arch.) barracks
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)