to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
desperately; recklessly; rush headlong
that kind; competition; match
first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative
inclination; tendency; nature; character
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
compliance; conformance; adaptation; (immediate) response; (rapid) reaction
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
pole (north, south); climax; extreme (point)
inborn; innate; inherent; a priori
to take back; to recapture
repeatedly; to a tremendous extent
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
prescription bag; pharmacy bag; small bottle for carrying gunpowder
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
not necessarily so; is not always true
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
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder
ripple (on water); wavelets
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
killing and wounding; bloodshed
right side; right-hand side
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path