passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); pass (ceding one's turn); giving (something) a pass; pass (ceding one's turn after there are no more useful moves)
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
head with grey hair (gray); grey head
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
2nd day of the month; two days
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
loss; waste (e.g. of time); feeling of loss; Los Angeles; L.A.
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
unprecedented; never seen before
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
counterattack; slashing back; railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
diversion; distraction; feint
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
covert action; covert operations
singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to expose (a secret, scandal, etc.); to disclose; to uncover; to unmask
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
tactician; strategist; schemer; maneuverer
insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
to finish reading; to read through; to figure out; to fully anticipate
inscrutable; unmeasurable; unpredictable
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
counter for choices, options, etc.
elimination (of a person, group, etc.); killing off; denial (of an opinion, fact, etc.); ignoring; erasure (of writing); rubbing out