reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
eccentric; crank; weirdo; oddball
accepting; consenting; agreeing; submission; compliance; agreement
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
strong person; the strong; the powerful
to have an audience; to meet; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
successive generations; successive emperors
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
skilled manager; resourceful general
to catch fire; to be ignited; to ignite; to flare up (of an emotion, controversy, etc.); to blaze; to be ignited (of a dispute, commotion, etc.)
complete recovery of health
I don't give a damn; that's got nothing to do with me
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; gibe
admonition; remonstrance; expostulation
to work hard; to try hard; to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to devote oneself to
very close (to); within a stone's throw (of); a stone's throw away (from)
seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude
a glance; a look; a glimpse
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
don't worry about it; there is nothing to fear; there is no need for anxiety; everything is under control
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
to smirk; to grin broadly
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
compass (for drawing circles, etc.); pair of compasses; (mariner's) compass; length of one's stride; length of one's legs
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
class; heading; group; category
crude; rough; plain; careless; disrespectful; without proper care
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
disorderly crowd; mob; rabble