genuine article; real thing; real deal
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
disastrous flooding; kelpie; water demon that brings floods or disasters
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
to jump (out of the way); to jump back; to jump aside
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to freeze; to refrigerate
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
something like ...; something called ...
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
to make an appearance; to show up
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market