bright; intelligent; clever; smart
intelligence; intellect; brains
living thing; organism; creature; biology
memory; sense; experience
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
selection; choice; option
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to claim victims; to cause casualties
with a clang or a clink; tinkle
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)
improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy
proof; evidence; sign; to testify (usu. Christian religious context)
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
thereupon; shortly thereafter
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
to be found (e.g. unknown quantity in an equation); to be calculated
phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
at a loss for words; stumped for words
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
thereupon; shortly thereafter