bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.); poor decision; bad move
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
resignation; acceptance; consolation
state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
with a pat; with a tap; with a pop; with a crack; casually (throw); carelessly
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
human relations; personal relationships
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
to be hesitant; to feel timid
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
to become a (bad) habit; to become a habitual practice; to become addictive; to grow on one; to become moreish
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative
to exert oneself; to make efforts
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
guarantee; security; assurance; warranty
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is; there's a flip side to every coin
nothing costs as much as what is given to us; there's no such thing as a free lunch
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
to explain; to preach; to advocate; to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
accurate; correct; precise; exact