to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
determination; conviction
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
you could say; you might say; verging on the
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
lily of the valley (Convallaria keiskei)
to be opposite; to face each other
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
head and body; heads tall (ratio of total height to length of the head); heads long
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
bargain; find; unbelievable good luck; unexpected good fortune
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
class; heading; group; category
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
to attempt; to test; to try out
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together