to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
empty lot; vacant plot of land
plain; plateau; tableland
continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
viewing optimistically; thinking optimistically; taking an optimistic view; looking on the bright side
scar (e.g. from operation, injection); trace; mark (e.g. skid marks)
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
to call a person's attention (to)
one by one; one after another; successively
level ground; plain; flatland
little more than; only slightly better than; almost the same as
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
freely; right and left; as one pleases
command; lead; generalship; leadership
wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains
armed might; military power; the sword; force
solely; entirely; only; or
to grudge; to begrudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of
one difficulty; one danger
to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
to shave off; to scrape off
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
restlessly; in continuous motion
inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
exaltation; emotional uplift
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
to shine; to glow; to look attractive; to look nice; to be set off (by)