to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
from the viewpoint of; according to
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
technique; art; skill; move
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
to die a natural death; to die in one's own bed
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
birth; creation; formation
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
as a child; when one was a child
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
infection; contagion; becoming infected
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
to be needed; to be wanted