although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
finishing blow; coup de grâce
death match (pro wrestling); deathmatch; fight to the finish; desperate struggle; life-and-death struggle
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
going down; fall; knocking down (in boxing); flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
nine; team; players on a team; no
together; at the same time; same; identical
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
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.)
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)