elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
cleaning up; sweeping up; mopping up
war; battle; match; game; competition
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
to pound away; to hit at random; to hit ceaselessly
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
stinginess; miserliness; parsimony
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
otaku; geek; nerd; enthusiast
after that; afterwards; thereafter
idealistic thought (argument)
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
Marine Corps; Royal Marines
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
feeling restless; feeling nervous; fidgety; distracted
contrived; false-sounding
conversely; on the contrary
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
unworthy; unbecoming; improper
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
relatively; comparatively