essential; important; crucial; vital; main
dozens; scores of; decades
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
absolute obedience; complete submission
forevermore; for eternity
next; secondly; subsequently
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
(not) even once; (not) ever
to do someone in; to bump someone off
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
physical strength; muscle strength
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
tip-top; top; top-drawer; best; foremost; elite
if it is the case that ...
contest of strength; trial of strength
television program; TV program
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom