bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
to be enraged; to flip out
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to yell; to rant; to rave
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
index finger; forefinger; second toe
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
cheerful; buoyant; lighthearted
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to crumble away; to collapse
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
to give a round of applause; to applaud
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
protracted war; war of attrition
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to see the light of day; to be revealed (to the world); to be realized
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing