to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
patient; having a long fuse
being seen here and there; appearing in various places
covered with; stained; smeared
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to satisfy the requirements
in succession; one after another
colleagues; cronies; merry men
nagging; critical; talkative; gossipy
view; prospect; outlook; viewing platform; overlook
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
as good as dead; might as well be dead; more dead than alive
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
the real criminal; true culprit
to happen suddenly; to take place unexpectedly
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
alternation of generations
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet