prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to trample flat; to beat a path
virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless
crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
to attack; to assault; to assail
leading group (of runners in a marathon, etc.); leading pack
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
to get stuck in; to be mired in; to be addicted to
divine or supernatural skill
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)
to fall off; to tumble down
deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
lightning strike; thunderbolt; bolt of lightning; to strike (lightning); to be struck by lightning
sincere; honest; faithful
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
meaning; connotation; denotation
laughingstock; butt of ridicule
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)
supplication; appeal; entreaty; petition
porcelain (esp. hard-paste porcelain); china; chinaware