exactly as stated; verbatim
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
proposal; motion; recommendation
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
to display one's real ability; to show one's real ability; to show one's stuff; to show oneself at one's best; to really shine; to come into one's own
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
amount of material resources
making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure
to be at a loss for words; to be speechless; to be dumbfounded; to be struck dumb
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
riding together; riding with
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
link; directory entry; rink
outsider; someone outside of a group
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
cancellation (of a flight or sea voyage)
anything and everything; just about everything
unreasonable; absurd; irrational; very
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
older brother; elder brother
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
significant difference; statistical significance
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time
technological development
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
underlying cause; indirect cause; remote cause