exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
the front; honest; upright; decent
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
soldier; combatant; warrior
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
whenever you want; any time you like
frequency (of occurrence)
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill
final game; final games; the finals
bittersweet; having mingled feelings of joy and sorrow; joy and sorrow alternating in one's heart
loss; defeat; counter for losses
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
one shot; one charge; one blow; one punch; home run; one try; one attempt
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force
rising; ascending; climbing
(shout of) encouragement; cheering; rooting; support
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
coach; coaching; training
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
theory; standard procedure; common strategy; established tactics
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
build; physique; frame; constitution
connection; linking; linkage; link; liaison; contact
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out
offensive (movement); aggression
to turn; to shift; to switch; to change; to alter
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible