bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge
while there is life, there is hope; without life, there is nothing; don't waste your life
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to send (a person or thing) to; to deliver; to escort
a second time; again; once more; twice
loss; waste (e.g. of time); feeling of loss; Los Angeles; L.A.
weak point; unskillfulness
to become frightened; to get scared; to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to get cold feet
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; large swarm
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
command; lead; generalship; leadership
(not) even once; (not) ever
another kind; different kind; distinct species
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
possible; conceivable; likely; probable
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; openmouthed (with surprise)
belligerence; fighting spirit
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
to push back; to press back; to force back; to (refuse and) return (something); to give back
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
(weather) front; front line; the front; battlefront