victory or defeat; match; contest; game
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
severely beaten up; repeatedly punched and kicked; thoroughly defeated; attacked relentlessly (with words); fiercely criticised; bombarded with verbal abuse
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
completely relying on others
fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
to stay long; to hang around; to hang out; to be immersed (in water) for a long time; to soak
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
also known as; also called
management; administration; operation
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
start of a romance; beginning of love
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
(apportioning) in small amounts
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
love triangle; eternal triangle
cooking; food preparation
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly