before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
condition; situation; prospects
to express (in words); to confess
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
decider; person who decides; deciding factor; clincher; trump card
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.); to dry the bottom of a ship (to prevent insect damage)
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
game, set and match; end of the game; end of the match
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
will not do; do not; does not
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure
directly opposite; right in front
yeah; you're right; that's right
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
to yell out loud; to shout loudly; to cry aloud; to scream loudly
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
to speak; to say; to vocalize