to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
regular; ordinary (e.g. session of parliament); established usage; precedent; regular practice
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
sad to say; how sad; alas
tickling; tickle; joke; gag
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
licking one's lips; licking one's chops
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; (lit.) the weak are meat the strong do eat
to be greatly obliged; to be very sorry
conscious; deliberate; intentional
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
to act as one; to act in concert; to keep pace; to stay in step
first place; head position; leading position
to pass; to overtake; to leave behind; to pull out; to extract; to remove
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
cost performance; cost effectiveness; price-performance ratio; value for money; bang for one's buck
reduction by half; halving
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
consequence; causal relationship; nexus
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable
stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
whether one wants to or not; without choice
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
visual hallucination; vision
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
earthenware; porcelain; china; pottery; crockery
warding off evil; protecting against misfortune