to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
simmer; bubble out; flow out
undesirable lover (boyfriend, girlfriend); passion; temper; irritability
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
to trample; to crush underfoot
selfishness; self-interest
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
generation; lifetime; age
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
propulsive power; driving force
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
advance; moving forward; progress
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to be injured; to sustain a wound
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
exchange of blows; long rally
supreme; sublime; highest
empty-handed; unarmed; lacking funds
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
backward somersault; backward roll
cesspool; sink; manure sink
leaving the front line; retiring from the game; deserting the battle
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
cooperation; coordination; link
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky