tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
in comparison to; rather than
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
estimate (of costs); budget
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
consequence; outcome; result; blame
gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)
example; specimen; sample
alone; by oneself; on one's own
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
scoring; score; points made; marks obtained; goals; runs
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
proposal; proposition; suggestion
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
arm; skill; efforts; ability