flat-tasting; bland; lacking in flavor; dull; flat; unimaginative
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
grilling on a skewer; spit-roasting
plot; ulterior motive; thing; article; penis
playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; scamp
all over (the place); throughout; everywhere; every inch; every part; from head to toe
to have a meal; to take a meal
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
to develop a relationship; to build intimacy; to deepen a friendship; to get acquainted
someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
final stage; final stretch; live printing area (in publishing); gallery (in a theatre); driving (animals, fish, etc.); herding
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
most difficult; next to impossible
incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification
solely; entirely; only; or
retirement; retiring (from a race, match, etc.); dropping out
to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
sweeping victory; easy victory
several times (as large, over)
one example of (when there are more examples)
to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
first half of the game or match
to go on the defensive; to play it safe
to live through; to survive
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
number two; mistress; concubine
to have (a) potential for ...; to have it in one to do
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
flying; false start; doing something before the arranged time; breaking a street date
inner circumference; internal circumference