excelling; surpassing; outdoing
top hat; high hat; silk hat; topper
ago; since; before; previous
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
curse; spell; malediction
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively
(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; trudgingly
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
to be perturbed; to be agitated
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
running away; escaping on foot
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
arrogant; insolent; disdainful
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
empty threat; bluff; paper tiger
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
earnestly; immediately; exactly
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known