to earmark for sth	to choose for a particular purpose
clearance	an instance of knocking sb down
to dispatch	to send
to lag behind	to go too slowly
to thrust	to push sb violently
to shove	to push roughly
to heave	to lift sth heavy
to jerk	to pull sb suddenly and quickly
crux of a matter	the essential part of sth
the gist of sth	the main point of sth
in vogue	in fashion
to rebound	to bounce back
rally	an assembly/ a car race
to lug	to carry behind you
to proclaim	to make publically known
to brag	to boast about
to trumpet	to announce loudly
to hail	to acknowledge commonly/ to stop/ to come from
a ruse	a trick used to achieve sth in a deceitful way
dismay	disappointment, unhappiness
putative	believed or accepted by all
candour	honesty
to concede	to agree
verbiage	an instance of using too many words
to babble	to chatter idly
bacchanalian	drunken
to badger	to pester, to annoy
badinage	teasing conversation
to baffle	to frustrate, to perplex
to bait	to harass, to tease
baleful	deadly, having a malign influence, ominous
to balk	to foil, to thwart, to stop short, to refuse to go on
ballast	heavy substance used to add stability or weight
balm	sth that relieves pain
balmy	mild, fragrant
banal	hackneyed, commonplace, trite
to bandy	to discuss lightly or glibly/ to exchange words heatedly
bane	cause of ruin, curse
bantering	good-natured ridiculing
barb	sharp projection from fishhook/ openly cutting remark