back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
health; healthy; sound; fit
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)
open; public; official; overt
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
lightly; easily; carelessly
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
(with a) start; fright; alarm; creaking; cracking; snapping
coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
sounds good; sure thing; no problem
pupil; student; schoolchild
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
lariat; lasso; slip noose
to hang up; to hoist; to denounce; to subject someone to a kangaroo court
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
to deceive; to blind the eyes of
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away