seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
event with ... rounds, innings, legs, etc.; nth-round match (in a knockout tournament)
point worthy of note; highlight; high point; good prospects for the future; promise
to scatter away; to vanish
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
honour; honor; glory; privilege
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy
big frame; large figure; huge body
freely; right and left; as one pleases
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
tough guy; wild one; fearless fighter
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
exchange of blows; long rally
brute force approach (esp. in a video game)
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
hey!; c'mon!; pushy; overbearing; self-assured
to fall on one's backside
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
near the mark; pretty close; not a bad guess
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
half-way up a slope or stairway; landing; center of three (horizontal) columns (of print) (centre)