kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
originally; by nature; from the start
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
loss; defeat; counter for losses
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
to understand; to make out
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
thought; consideration; thinking
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
way (of doing); manner; method; means
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
unique; rare; exceptional; unparalleled; incomparable
difficult problem; challenge
final; eventual; ultimate
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
reality; actuality; hard fact
dealing with; coping with