to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
longing; great desire; aspiration
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)
to blaze; to burn brightly
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to lie down; to throw oneself down
in the same way as; just like
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to pass (of time); to elapse
affected part; diseased part; wound
everybody; every last one of them; all
guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
how long; how much; to what extent
tough guy; wild one; fearless fighter
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
self-healing; spontaneous recovery
organ (of body, plant, etc.)
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over