attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
minimum; at the very least
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
to apologize; to apologise
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
than; from; out of; except; but; more
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
laughable; ridiculous; pitiful; contemptible; absurdity
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading