from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
inside track; inside pitch
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
steady; firm; solid; secure
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit
white heat; incandescence; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
counter for tours, cycles, rounds, circuits, etc.
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
competition for school marks; keeping score; score
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
hit-and-run play; end run (American football)
since when; from when; how long
to become possible; to become able to (do)
earning the first (runs); preoccupation
middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midfield
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
going down; fall; knocking down (in boxing); flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
maintenance; preservation; improvement