embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
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.)
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
match; game; bout; contest
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
that is to say; so that means
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
go that far; to that extent
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
commander-in-chief; supreme commander; captain (of a team)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
special; particular; peculiar; unique
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
one's serve; (having) the serve; service
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet