depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
connection; linking; linkage; link; liaison; contact
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
woman; female; feminine gender
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
projection; protrusion; rupture (e.g. of gas); jetting out; prominence; standing out
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
(hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling
to show up; to appear; to turn up
without; but if; otherwise; or else
entry qualifications; joining qualifications
fixed date; appointed date; set date; deadline; due date
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
on the board (shogi, go, etc.)
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
to cut; to slit; to slash
stipulation; prescription; normal (unit of normality); compulsory exercise (in gymnastics); compulsory routine
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
each (every) time; whenever
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
element; component; factor; element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
having many difficulties in store; grim prospects
phew; whew; huff; whoo; woohoo
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing