at the last moment; this late in the game
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
in one's own way or style
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
advance payment; money paid in advance
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
selection; choice; option
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
that is to say; so that means
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
fourth day of the month; four days
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock