to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
dealing with; coping with
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; addition; inclusion; taking into account
concession; conciliation; compromise
listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting); observing
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
price reduction; discount
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
to easily defeat; to eat (one's opponent) alive; to bilk; to swindle; to dupe
victim; injured party; sufferer
extra (charge, fare, etc.); premium; bonus; (after a number) tenths increase
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to be overcome with emotion
finally; at last; at length; barely; narrowly; hardly
even though; despite; when
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
to shout (in anger); to yell
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
kindergartener; preschooler
the principle of the thing
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
skillful words; deceitful words; glibness
to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle