match; game; bout; contest
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
it serves you (him) right; it's what you (he) deserves
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
that; the matter in question
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
one's house; one's home; one's family
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
than; from; out of; except; but; more
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
time; season; period; phase; stage
winning streak; good time to make a profit
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole