competition; rivalry; something worth doing
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
participation; joining; entry; adherence
leaving everything up to someone else
portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
one-night stand; taking home a woman from a bar, club, etc.; takeout (i.e. food); take-out; takeaway
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
sensual love; love affair
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
tedious; boring; being fed up with
everybody; every last one of them; all
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look
early to bed early to rise
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
covered with; stained; smeared
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
along; parallel to; in accordance with
surroundings; environs; circumference