elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
lost point (in a game); point given away; run charged to the pitcher; blunder; mistake
regretful; sorrowful; bitter; contrition
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
beginning of the game; kickoff; face-off
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
danger; peril; hazard; risk
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
participation; joining; entry; adherence
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
being the runner-up; finishing second
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
scoring; score; points made; marks obtained; goals; runs
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to play a leading role; to play a central part
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
until now; so far; up to the present
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
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 be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused