to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
to put in; to place inside; to be enthusiastic; to be engrossed; to be in high spirits; to be excited
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
sweeping conquest; sweeping over; conquering; invading
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
firm promise; definite promise
one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
already; now; no longer; not any more
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
final warning; ultimatum; last notice
to stay behind; to remain; to work overtime
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
separation; farewell; parting
to be talked about behind one's back
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
in the end; after all is said and done; (lit.) when the striped mullet is fully grown
atrocity; outrage; heinousness
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
leaguer (e.g. major leaguer)
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
rationalization; justification
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow