stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
time; hour; period; class
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
after school (at the end of the day)
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
the whole day; all the day
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
please (give me); please (do for me)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
instant; moment; for an instant
champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
showing one's face in public; facing another person
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
to be silent; to say nothing
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
familiar spirit; familiar
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle