showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
perfect; perfection; perfect game
fortunate error; lucky break; fluke
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
heredity; (genetic) inheritance
to think too much; to be over-concerned
irrational; illogical; unreasonable; absurd; inconsistent
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
completion; accomplishment; attainment of greatness or success
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
to be worried; to be troubled
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
stupidity; silliness; asininity; imbecility; dim-wittedness
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
everyday conversation; day-to-day conversation
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
living thing; organism; creature; biology
nether region; between the legs; groin; crotch
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes