setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
boy; son; baby boy; young man
decision; determination; resolution
to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength
hasty; impatient; restless; rash
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
to lose sight of; to miss
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to knock down; to utterly defeat
gravitational wave; gravity wave
science and technology; scientific technique
difference; variation; difference
to be the ruin of (a person)
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence