to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
to intercommunicate; to exchange (messages, vows, etc.)
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
to pry; to prize; to prise
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
at any moment (now); at any minute; on the verge of (doing); just about to
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
conviction; belief; confidence
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
pale; pallid; bluish-white
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
in steps of; in units of; calculated by
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
to install; to equip; to mount
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
impossible; unthinkable; unimaginable