average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
to pass; to overtake; to leave behind; to pull out; to extract; to remove
being one or more laps behind (in a race); being behind the times
lightly; easily; carelessly
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
semicircle; hemicycle; half globe; to go halfway round (e.g. the earth)
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
as before; as ever; as it was originally
going around; orbiting; circling; circumference; girth; surroundings
to lend someone one's shoulder; to support with one's shoulder; to lend a hand; to come to someone's aid
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
passing (a test, examination, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); (giving something a) pass; skipping (one's turn)
dribble (of a ball or puck); dribbling
minigame; mini game; subgame; practice game (usu. with reduced players)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager
to not believe one's ears
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
offense and defense; offence and defence
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of cost); freelance; one-size
to kick into the air; to kick up; to kick from below
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
to pull in (fish); to land
time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving