to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to be among the top five; to be one of the five best
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
steering; piloting; flying; management; handling; control
mostly involve; principally involve
distant; remote; isolated
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
though; notwithstanding; although
prescribed form (of writing); format
sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting
(necessary) personnel; required person
large number (of); many; majority
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
amount of material resources
multilateral; many-sided; diversified
change; transformation; innovation; Reformation
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
to finish reading; to read through
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
coming flying in (migratory birds, airborne sand, pollen, etc.); coming by airplane
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
how; in what way; how about; questionable
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
cowardice; timidity; bashfulness
column of water; water column
to gust; to blow violently
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
parts; accessories; components