to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
to need; to demand; to take; to require
to burrow through; to dig through
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
softly; mildly; gently; politely
self control; self restraint
rising; ascending; climbing
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
intention; idea; inclination; wish
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
particulars; details; specified items
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
head; brains; intellect; understanding
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to look down on (someone); to make fun of; to put down; to treat with contempt; to underestimate
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)
each time it happens; at all such times
to faint; to be exhausted
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
slight; thin; on the weak side
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to say no more; to sink into silence
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
older brother and younger sister
close; intimate; on good terms
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray