stuffing; packing; endgame; final stage; end; end (esp. of a bridge); edge
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
ability; performance; efficiency
to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what someone feels (using one's intuition)
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead
first place; head position; leading position
last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order
schedule; program; programme; agenda
middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midfield (in soccer)
on and after; from ... onward; since
dramatic turn-around; major reversal; great comeback; game changer
by nature; naturally; by birth; since birth; in one's (entire) life
carefree; free from worry
a gap develops; a significant difference emerges
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
narrowing of visual field; narrow-mindedness; lack of vision
worst; worst-case (scenario)
to lock (a door, etc.); to lock up
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
complete change; about-face
pessimism; (taking a) gloomy view; discouragement; despondency; despair; disappointment
way; method; means; resource; course
middle of the road; centrism; the middle (of what one is doing); half-way; middle way; middle path
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
pinch; tough spot; bind; clothespin; clothes peg
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
repeatedly; to a tremendous extent
nothing but; none other than
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
guess; conjecture; surmise
literature; books (reference); document
out (of a ball; in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly