blockhead; dunce; dimwit; dolt; slowcoach; slowpoke
to crumble away; to collapse
all kinds of malicious gossip; heaping verbal abuse (on); cursing and swearing (words)
unpredictability; element of surprise
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
bad influence; negative influence
prostrating oneself; kowtowing; going down on one's knees
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
wooden joints; paired karate kata; beltwork
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
making an attempt; trial run
number of times; frequency; count
expected value; expectation value; expectation
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
conflict; fighting each other
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
distributed processing; decentralized processing
timewise; temporal; chronal
violence by weight of numbers; tyranny of the majority
progress; advance; improvement; development
accelerated; accelerating; gathering speed
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
benchmark (surveying); bench mark
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
equally (talented, etc.); evenly; neck and neck; nip and tuck
gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale
to be filled to bursting; to burst