limited stocks; limited lines; limited supplies
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
sit down; sit up; Sit! (to a dog)
admonition; commandment; sila (precept)
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
viewing and treating as one; regarding as the same; equating one thing with another; identification
to nod in agreement; to nod in assent
exceedingly; extremely; exceptionally; unexpectedly
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
to shut in; to confine; to contain
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
god of war; (fig.) war hero
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
person who avoids others; social outcast
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
without any weak spot; watertight (e.g. reasoning); impeccable
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
(another's) spirit; God's heart or spirit; Lord's will
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
erudition; extensive learning
to put someone to work; to make someone work
tiger's den; jaws of death; dangerous place
to escape from; to get out
sufferings; ordeals; agony; Passion (of Christ); crucifixion
ambitious; motivated; willful
shooting range; firing range
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)
to strike dead; to beat to death