bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another
to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up
at that time; in those days
three; three years of age
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
high-ranking officials; ministers; ladies and gentlemen; everyone
settlement (of people on land)
jewel beetle (esp. Chrysochroa fulgidissima); buprestid
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
classification; color coding; colour coding; color keying; colour keying; differentiation using different colors (colours)
puppet government; puppet regime
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
ebb tide; waning fortunes
contention; competition; rivalry; quarrel
to delight; to give pleasure
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
to have meaning; to be meaningful
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
state of reduced activity; lull; state of abeyance; stable condition
foresight; foreknowledge; divination
proper; respectable; decent; honest
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)