confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
recouping one's strength for a renewed attack (on); making another attempt with redoubled efforts
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
gossip; government OSI procurement; GOSIP
faked information; bogus intelligence; disinformation
to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
fate; destiny; predestination
survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; (lit.) the weak are meat the strong do eat
to this extent; to this degree; this much
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
shoeshine; shoe polishing
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
cost of one's food; one's board
1,000,000; one million; million; many
to repay double the original amount; to repay x times the original amount
to ask; to enquire; to query
being open but having virtually no business
to suit one's skin (of cosmetics); to agree with one's skin; to be compatible; to get along well; to be to one's liking
game console; games console; video game console; game machine; gaming device; gaming system
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
to be possible; to be likely; to be probable
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
to be flowing (of blood); to be alive; to be humane; to show signs of humanity
returning tit for tat; retaliating
the sixth sense; intuition; hunch
felony; major offence; felon; old offender
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
money order; draft; exchange (e.g. foreign)
dirty work; unpleasant task
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)