highest grade; superlative degree
greedy; grasping; tightfisted; predatory (e.g. business); calculating; avaricious
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to get the hang of; to learn the secret to
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
region; limits; stage; level
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
outside of one's area of expertise
go that far; to that extent
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
loading; charging; filling
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
filling (up); replenishing; filling in (tooth); loading (gun with ammunition, camera with film, etc.); packing; plugging
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; having no choice
to use up all one's strength
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to prostrate oneself before
reverse; inversion; upside down; unreasonable; absurd; wrong
worthy of; worth doing; worth having
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
finishing blow; coup de grâce
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
measurement error; calculation error
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal