black belt (judo, karate, etc.)
lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up; pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to)
jockey's racing uniform; one's best clothes (esp. for women), normally put aside for important meetings, dates, etc.
fear of heights; acrophobia
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
vacant house; unoccupied house
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
to lure someone; to entice someone
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
running (of a car, bus, etc.); traveling; travelling; running (of a program)
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
order; reservation; order; sequence; order (of magnitude); architectural order
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
100,000; hundred thousand
killer technique; surefire assassination method; special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style
good performance; good work; great success
from here; from this place
excursion; field trip; school trip
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
all over the body; from head to foot; all over