start; commencement; beginning; initiation
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance; looks
proposal; offer; request; application
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
party; set; gang; company; person
extermination; expulsion; destruction
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
to attempt; to test; to try out
timewise; temporal; chronal
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
same score; deadlock; tie; draw
unlimited; unrestricted; limitless
indication; (thermometer) reading
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment
advocate; disputant; debater; (present) writer; author
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up