gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
useless object; deadwood; white elephant; boondoggle
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
power of recovery; ability to recuperate; resilience
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
finger; hands and fingers; hands
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
at the last moment; this late in the game
armory; armoury; ordnance department
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
detonator; percussion cap
extremely dangerous; full of peril
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
expression; look; countenance; face
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
Japanese representative; Japanese delegate; Japanese delegation
chivalrous spirit; chivalry
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
to cover fully; to wrap around
sphere; circle; range; category