unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
something intended as a lie or joke which (by chance) ends up being true; lie turned truth
magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
hair on the back of one's head
right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct
great success; big hit; (hitting the) jackpot; big win; being right on the mark (of a prediction); being bang on
installment; instalment; premium; bill
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
approach (to a problem, issue, etc.); approach (of a long jump, aircraft's flight, etc.); inrun (of a ski jump); approach (to a building, mountain, etc.); approach shot
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
troupe; theatrical company
close to the wall; alongside the wall
turning sideways; landscape orientation
strongest (candidate); likeliest (winner); top (suspect)
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with someone)
inside; interior; (within) one's mind; one's soul; one's heart
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
crushing to death; crushing (hope, freedom, etc.); suppression; quashing
quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
most part; greater part; majority
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
killing and wounding; bloodshed
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
(with) only a few left; (with) little left