to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness
figure eight; figure of eight
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
having an audience with someone of very high social standing (e.g. the emperor)
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
vigorous; cheerful; assertive
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge; face-off
fighting stance; fighting pose
for a certain reason; owing to unavoidable circumstances
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; exhibition game; exhibition match
hegemony; leadership; initiative
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
anthropoid ape; anthropoid; ape
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
ocean; large sea; fabric pattern
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)
to apply pressure from above; to press down; to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
to hit the mark; to hit the nail on the head
in person; personally; (do) oneself