valine; (with a) whoomp; smash; crunch
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
being on the ropes; losing ground
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
regularization; regularisation; getting up speed; proceeding at full tilt
rustling sound; search (esp. a home search by the police)
to break into (houses here and there); to rampage
to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)
passage; path; route; one's way
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
natural calamity; disaster
human kindness; human weakness
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
in accordance with plans; just as planned
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
once in a while; occasionally; seldom; at long intervals
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
combo (esp. a small jazz group); combination; set; combo (set of actions performed in sequence)
(and) many others; extras (in a film)
hit-and-run (causing personal injury)
as many (people) as possible
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
not understanding; not knowing
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
to mark the end; to spell the end
thereupon; shortly thereafter
classification; categorization; sorting
subtracting points; points deducted
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate