greater than ...; bigger ...
difference; disparity; gap
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
tailwind; fair wind; favorable wind (favourable); favorable condition (favourable); advantageous situation
to need; to demand; to take; to require
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
hammer; hopeless swimmer; complete beginner at swimming; someone who sinks like a stone
culmination; acme; height; peak; ultimate; perfection
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
military service; combat experience
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
dull sound; muffled sound
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; one-year period
difference; variation; difference
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
power; might; authority; influence
to rise; to erect; to get up
internal organ; viscera; gut
spine; backbone; spinal column
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)