ferocious; fierce; audacious; impudent; shameless
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
quiet; still; surreptitious
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
resolute; determined; bold
grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; pointless exercise; waste of time; (something that is) too little, too late; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)
to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
dark clouds; black clouds
to increase; to add to; to augment
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism
how; in what way; how about; questionable
don't put the trivial ahead of the important; don't sweat the small stuff; don't bother with the details (before embarking on a great enterprise); read the fine print; be careful of the small things (before embarking on a great enterprise)
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
scattered; separated; dispersed
to run out; to rush out; to start running; to begin to run; to break into a run
to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
to have an idea; to have a clue
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
shaking; jolting; shaking up (e.g. one's adversary); flustering (someone)
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
to give; to do (something) for
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
you could say; you might say; verging on the
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
with a twitch; with a jerk; with a flutter; with a dip; with a bob
real intention; true motive; true meaning
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)