to feel depressed; to be down
genuine article; real thing; real deal
yearned for; longed for; missed
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)
consequence; outcome; result; blame
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
round robin; having no losing tickets (of a lottery); brute force (in cryptography); using all combinations
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to build (a fire); to make; to start; to light
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
rather; better; instead; if anything
floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
right in the middle (of); midst; height
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
and (so); (and) then; because of which; in addition to that
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
full-course dinner; multicourse meal
for example; for instance; e.g.