organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to increase; to add to; to augment
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand; three and a four (in dice games)
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
fit; spasm; attack; seizure
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
aptitude; aptness; suitability
unconditionally; as a rule
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
number of times; frequency; count
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
to win through (e.g. to the next round); to win game after game; to achieve a final victory; to fight to the end and win; to come out on top
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
nine times; twisting around many times
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
curse; spell; malediction
taking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
to remove; to clear away; to except from; to make an exception of; to lay aside; to set aside
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable