combat readiness; battle readiness; fighting trim
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling
heedless of danger; braving dangers
to draw (a bow) to the limit; to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to strain (voice)
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
one's long-cherished desire
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced
pocket tissue; small package of tissues
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
difference; disparity; gap
police officer; policeman; constable
(at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out
abandoned building; derelict building
beauty parlour; beauty parlor; beauty salon; hairdressing salon
taking advantage of (a convenient situation)
hard-to-use space (in an apartment, etc.); dead space (artillery, etc.); (respiratory) dead space
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
crack; fissure; rift; split; chaps; skin fissure
to drive to death (e.g. by suicide); to cause to die
to grimace; to make a wry face
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
dial (e.g. telephone, radio, clock, gauge)
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
confusion; distraction; derangement
to be possible; to be likely; to be probable