assertion; declaration; affirmation
obstruction; impediment; hindrance; inhibition; blocking; check
to get poised again for charging; to toe the mark again; to start from scratch; to get a fresh start (on)
disturbance; confusion; perturbation; commotion; turbulence
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
obstruction; hindrance; blocking; disturbance; interference; interruption
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
(balance) scales; carrying pole; shoulder pole; thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine); spreader bar
to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane
durability; persistence; stamina; endurance; staying power
power of recovery; ability to recuperate; resilience
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
scratch; graze; scrape; minor damage
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
blur; (color) bleed; bleeding; running (e.g. of paint)
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
to retaliate; to return a blow; to strike back (at); to retort
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
finger; hands and fingers; hands
delay; lag; falling behind; falling behind in; lagging behind in
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
tailspin; spin; drilling; boring
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
to fall off; to tumble down
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
at this point; at this last moment; this late in the game
available; enabled; can be used; may be used
armory; armoury; ordnance department