exceedingly; extremely; decisively
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
because; for; the reason why is ...
older sister and younger brother
on bad terms; at loggerheads
in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
all you want; as much as one wants
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
foul-smelling; stinking; intolerable (behaviour, attitude, etc.); unbearable; disgusting
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
loser; defeated person; the defeated
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
seen it once, seen it all; a single instance indicates what happens all the time; one case gives you an idea of what always happens
nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
literally; to the letter; literal
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to go along; to walk along; to follow
with a flash; brightly; dazzlingly; sparklingly; brilliantly
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
index finger; forefinger; second toe
shade; tone; tinge; hue; colour; color
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to rub; to scrub; to scrape