going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
to discuss; to talk together
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
hard worker; hardworking person
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
as a child; when one was a child
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
power balance; balance of power
(having) bad marks or results (e.g. in school); of poor quality or workmanship
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
sister complex; excessive attachment to one's sister; audio component system; stereo component system
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
absence; disregard; indifference
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
being very busy; busyness
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
calm; composed; cool; quiet
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
tea utensils; container for powdered green tea (tea ceremony)