backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
European countries; European nations
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
Euro-; euro (the currency)
war; fighting; fierce competition
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
blow; shock; strike; batting
number one; first; best; most; game; round
notice; attention; observation
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
distress; wretched condition
unknown (e.g. in an equation); element (of a set); yuan (monetary unit of China); New Taiwan dollar; Yuan dynasty (China, 1271-1368); Yüan dynasty
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
to become animated; to liven up; to become active
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
Britain and France; Anglo-French
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin