major contender; strong (leading) candidate; front runner
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
perusing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously; side business; job on the side
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
troublesome; annoying; complicated
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
tendency; trend; inclination
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
property; fortune; assets
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
master; teacher; stable master
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
delicacy; tact; considerateness; sensitivity; thoughtfulness
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.); one (on dice, in cards, etc.); beginning; best; kickback
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book
menstrual pain; period pain
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
binge eating; stress eating
lying heavy on the stomach; being uneasily digested
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
act of treachery; breach of faith; stab in the back; double-cross
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet
to be needed; to be wanted
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it