is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
both; both sides; both parties
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
item; commodity; list of articles
each (every) time; whenever
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
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
to shake; to waver; to tremble
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, 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)
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)