more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
war; battle; match; game; competition
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
first match (in a series)
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
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