to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
influence; clout; leverage
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
completely; thoroughly; horribly; without exception; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
nasty; disgusting; detestable; unpleasant; disagreeable; creepy
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
rationalization; justification
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
severe; strict; tough; hard