ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
two (long cylindrical things)
magic; sorcery; wizardry; magic (illusion); conjuring
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
stumbling; failure; misstep; setback
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
one after another; in rapid succession
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to become animated; to liven up; to become active
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
resentment; indignation; anger
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
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)
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting