to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
lying on one's belly; crawling on one's belly; belly crawl
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
high ground; plateau; heights
event with ... rounds, innings, legs, etc.; nth-round match (in a knockout tournament)
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
to win through (e.g. to finals); to advance
surface-to-air missile; SAM
cabin attendant; flight attendant; Certification Authority; CA; carbohydrate antigen; chronological age
alternating current; AC; analogue computer (analog); average cost; adult child
old girl; former female student; alumna; office girl
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
force (bulldoze) one's way through
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round
audience; spectator; spectators
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
beginning of the game; kickoff; face-off
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
to get change back; to be more than enough
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end