payment in advance; advance payment; payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls); forerunner
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
(judo) foot technique; footwork
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
postcoital activity; afterplay; pillow talk
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
handful; small amount; small number
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to collapse; to give up; to lose one's nerve; to have one's knees give way
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
to solicit; to demand; to extort
sound effect for slurping back up excess saliva (e.g. as stimulated by desire for food)
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
to be in sight (e.g. a resolution); to have a clear idea; to have bright prospects
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
on the way back; returning
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
favourable terms; favorable terms; favourable conditions; favorable conditions; place in the sun
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
impeccable; unimpeachable; cannot be faulted; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless
rehash; (boring) rerun; second brew of tea
trying one's luck; test of one's luck
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
putting life into; animating; cheering up
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
wheat gluten (usu. steamed or baked)
to return a blow repeat; to turn back; to rewhip; to plow up; to plough up; to come and retreat
guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience