versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
war; battle; match; game; competition
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
very hungry; starving; bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; denting; buckling
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
to throw at; to turn; to raise
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
question; inquiry; enquiry
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
to be saved up (of money)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
dwelling; house; residence; address
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
dozing off in the middle of doing something (esp. in an online chat or during an online game); becoming inactive due to falling asleep
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
very; greatly; extremely; exceedingly; highly; quite
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of; serving (in the military, congress, etc.)
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
preface; introduction; preamble
to have an eye on; to zero in on
troublesome; annoying; complicated
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
gossip; corner of the mouth
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up