random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual; rare; prodigious
results; record; grades; marks
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
booby prize; prize for coming second-last
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
matter of time; question of time
to use up all one's strength
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest
to whine; to make feeble complaints
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in
plunging to one's death; death from a fall
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)
indoor dog; dog kept indoors; house dog
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt