the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
brain work; mental work; nonmanual labor
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
reason; logic; method; system; order
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
if you think about it; come to think of it
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors); bringing something up after the fact; revealing something afterwards; holding back until the last minute
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
every single word and phrase; word by word
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
to blush; to have flushed cheeks
willpower; energy; vitality
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
half- (sibling by a different mother); paternal
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to control; to command; to get the better of
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to mark the end; to spell the end
formal; proper; prescribed; conventional; stereotypical
to refuse; to decline; to deny
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
field; sphere; realm; division; branch