to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
right in the middle (of); midst; height
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
wherein; therein; thereinto
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to rank (as); to occupy (a position); to be located (in); to be situated
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
correction; rectification; mending; repair
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
one more time; once more; once again
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
body; group; party; company; troupe
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
using all of one's strength (to); giving (it) everything one has got; going full-out; throwing a ball as hard as one can
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
from A to Z; without exception; in every particular
in order; in turn; one by one
to rearrange; to reorder; to move around; to sort; to collate
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
single word; a few words; brief comment
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
bar; measure; short pause (in writing); petty principles; minor details
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
broken; intermittent; disconnected
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
to praise (to the skies); to sing the praises (of); to extol
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
person who has rendered distinguished service