interference (esp. in horse racing)
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
metabolism; renewal; regeneration; replacing the old with the new
injuries and sickness; wounds and illness
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
detoxification; counteracting poison; neutralizing poison
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
rebound; relapse after a diet; regaining lost weight; return of symptoms after withdrawal of medicine
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
hidden ball trick; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
low-altitude flying; having consistently poor results (grades, sales, etc.); barely scraping by; being on the verge of failing
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
unbecoming; improper; unsuitable; ill-matched; unworthy of
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
above; going steadily upward
after having come this far; now that we've come this far