to be pleased; to gloat; to glow with self-satisfaction
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
roaring; booming; bellowing; pealing; reverberating; rumbling
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
energy; vigor; vigour; vitality
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
ten (long cylindrical things)
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
wild rose; bramble; briar patch; obstacle; source of difficulty
skeletal remains; dry bones of a corpse; human skeleton
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
cunning and wickedness; cunning and wicked person
to have a terrible time; to have a hard time
prompt decision; snap judgement; snap judgment
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
round (esp. in sports, negotiations, etc.); rounds (e.g. nurse, security guard, etc.)
to take back; to recapture
allocation; assignment; allotment
to fall for (someone's smooth talk); to be taken in (by honeyed words)
to dart away; to dart off; to gallop away
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
earnestly; immediately; exactly
indirection; indirectness
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
strong arm; stout arm; ability to carry out a difficult job; capable person
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
defensive body movement (judo, kendo, etc.)
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
fighting bravely; strenuous efforts
hey!; c'mon!; pushy; overbearing; self-assured
first match (in a series)
something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with
atrocity; (arch.) treason
ruffian; villain; scoundrel
wetting; love affair; lover
foresight; foreknowledge; divination
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that