favorite (top choice) for the championship (favourite); best bet for the title
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
special training; intensive training; crash course
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
main cause; primary factor
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
motor nerve; reflexes; athletic ability; motor coordination
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
handful; small amount; small number
match (to light fire with)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
book; volume; this; present; main; head
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
having one's choice; (ability to) pick and choose
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
three-pronged fork; trident; trifurcate; three-pronged; three-way (e.g. outlet)
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
chief; main; principal; major
fishing industry; fishery
fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul
dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
since then; from that time; ever since