(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
to compete with; to vie for
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
false accusations; unfounded suspicion; groundless charge; wet clothes
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
hey there; I say; see here
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
to pound away; to hit at random; to hit ceaselessly
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated
to smash; to break into pieces
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
intercept; interception; counter-attack
cave; hollow; cavity; hollow
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
great fool; utter fool; complete idiot; absolute moron
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces