information; news; report; reward; retribution
catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water
to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
not yet known; unknown; strange
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
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
secret base; hideout; hidden position
conference room; council room
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
present continuous tense; present progressive form
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
small number; few; minority
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
radical party; extremists
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
vitality; ability to earn a living