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to use all one's strength (ability)

being a good listener; good listener

raising and lowering

fluctuation (of prices, interest rates, etc.)

praising and belittling

setting out (meals, etc.) and clearing away

ebb and flow (of the tide)

rising and falling (pitch, tone, etc.); modulation

to count up; to enumerate

to be completely boiled; to be sufficiently boiled

to boil up; to be thoroughly cooked

Idiomatic expression

to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says

to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up

all the more

to move up; to advance

to kill an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits

to kill viciously

to victimize; to torment; to lay into; to give (someone) hell; to vilify

clearing one's name; redeeming oneself; restoring one's honor

more than a friend (implies a degree of intimacy)

to stop raining

doomed (business, trade, etc.); in a bad state; poor

to pick up and rescue

order from above

worst-ever; history's worst

growing (graph rising to the right); increasing; soaring; expanding

senior (e.g. at school)

honeymouthed; glib; fair-spoken; cajoling; talking glibly

track and field; athletics

god-like existence; person far higher (in hierarchy, etc.) than oneself

to cringe with fear; to cower with fright; to be terribly afraid