commitment; pledge; promise
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
interruption; suspension; break
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
curiosity; inquisitiveness
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
to put into effect; to put into practice
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
complementation; supplementation; completion
1,000,000; one million; million; many
cannot be compared with; no match for
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
rare; uncommon; rare; lightly cooked; rhea (bird of family Rheidae); Rhea (Greek goddess)
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
event; phenomenon; matter
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)
a gap develops; a significant difference emerges
pushing though; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
rather; sooner; preferably
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot