chief umpire; referee (soccer, boxing, etc.)
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
ace (playing card); ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
loss of a match that is 'called' part way into the game
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
in perfect form; going swimmingly
wherein; therein; thereinto
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
bet; wager; stake; gamble
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up