most of all; extremely; supremely
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
trembling with excitement
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
violent emotion; passion; fury
due form; official; formality
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
bosom (buddy); trusted (friend)
greed; worldly or materialistic desires
slight; thin; on the weak side
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
taking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
in succession; one after another
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
operating expenses; budget
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
had better ...; had better not ...
to be able to manage somehow or another
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state