improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); plagiarism; rip-off
to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion
mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)
to begin to catch (attention, etc.); to begin to collect
cross; crossing; intersecting; cross (soccer)
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
low-altitude flying; having consistently poor results (grades, sales, etc.); barely scraping by; being on the verge of failing
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
strong person; the strong; the powerful
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
exactly as stated; verbatim
chance (of success); odds
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
zero; naught; oh; flying; leaping
region; limits; stage; level
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
(rubbing, twisting) hard; with a squeal; with a creak; (drinking) in one sweep
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
fighting stance; fighting pose
to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
quickly, in a bouncing way (e.g. for a bow)
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
to burst into bud; to sprout; to have a crush; to be infatuated
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
to break (a promise); to ignore (a call, text message, etc.)
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
in that manner; like that