prize money; monetary award; reward
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
to differ; to vary; to disagree
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
whole roast (e.g. pig, turkey, etc.)
lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means
(and) many others; extras (in a film)
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
simultaneous; all at once
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
to settle; to finish; to bring to an end
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
form; shape; figure; visage
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
burst of laughter; roar of laughter
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)
rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave
heating power; thermal power; firepower
back side; back end; posterior; rear
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
creation; generation; formation; derivation