group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
local (rain, distribution, outbreak, etc.); localized; regional; isolated
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
assertion; declaration; affirmation
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
to stiffen; to become stiff
without permission; without notice
let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you
neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
the beginning (as in "this is only the beginning"); lowest division in sumo
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
stylish; smart; chic; (arch.) conceited; (arch.) cheeky
index finger; forefinger; second toe
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that