team competition; team game
overall victory; championship
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
older sister; lass; young lady
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
notice; attention; observation
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
life; living; I; me; student
closely contested constituency; highly competitive marketplace; (fig.) battleground
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
national convention; national competition; national athletic meet
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
motive power; driving force
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
decision of a contest; finals (in sports)
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
probability; likelihood; chances
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event