contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game
paraselene; moon dog; moondog (bright spot on either side of the Moon caused by refraction of moonlight through ice crystals in the atmosphere)
d button; data button; button on a TV remote control for accessing programme information, weather, traffic, etc.
(courteous) invitation; call
did not finish (sporting term); DNF
scariest; most frightening
lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up; pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to)
wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool
easily bored; quick to lose interest; fickle; capricious
trivia; snippet of knowledge
clearing one's throat; cough
weightlessness; zero gravity
late summer heat; lingering summer heat
origin; appearance of auspicious omen
various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such)
swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy
prompt decision; quick decision; immediate judgement; summary judgment; summary judgement
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
highlight (scene); high point; climax; show-off scene (of an actor in a play)
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
unidentified flying object; UFO
pleased to make your acquaintance
must not; should not; do not
devotion; attachment; infatuation
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser