belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of; serving (in the military, congress, etc.)
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
entrance; entering; admission; admittance
to make an appearance; to show up
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly; shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
one-on-one fighting sport (without weapons); combat sport; martial art
motive power; driving force
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
fight; fighting spirit; fight!; do your best
gong (instrument); gong (sound at the end of round, etc.)
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
pause; interval; distance; range; suitable time; appropriate opportunity
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
one shot; one charge; one blow; one punch; home run; one try; one attempt
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
violent explosion; bursting
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)
exchange (of words, views, punches, cups, etc.); give-and-take; reply; answer; response
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to make an incessant onslaught; to attack incessantly
one-two punch; one-two (soccer pass); wall pass; one-two finish; competitors from the same country or team finishing first and second; one ball two strikes
not budging an inch; to stand one's ground
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
round (table, collar, etc.); round; round; round (of a competition); round (of talks, esp. multilateral trade negotiations)
end; close; conclusion; termination
as likely as not; fifty-fifty; even match; tie
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting
in-house; (on) the grounds; (in) the premises; hall; theatre; theater
(telephone) call; ring (of a telephone); shout; call; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call)
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
front kick (esp. martial arts)