amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
prospects of victory; chances of success
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
to throw at; to turn; to raise
process; course; mechanism
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
to be perturbed; to be agitated
to understand; to make out
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
in accordance with; according to
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
low (level, value, price, etc.)
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
extreme sadist; very sadistic
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to mount (animal behaviour); to assert dominance
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
obedience; submission; resignation
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
main force; chief object; mainline
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
to rub on; to rub against; to lay the blame on; to strike (a match)
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
difference; discrepancy; variation
fine weather; fair weather