to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
stigma; dishonour; dishonor; infamy
give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
that kind; competition; match
concession; conciliation; compromise
broken; intermittent; disconnected
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to triumph; to be elated with success
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
baseless; groundless; unfounded; without evidence
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
degree of relative priority
to incur someone's enmity
to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit
easy to deal with; easily manageable; tractable; malleable
completely changed; totally transformed
spread; span; expanse; extent
many problems; various problems
preliminary arrangements; spade work
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
prototype; model; pattern; archetypal
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
somehow; for some reason or other
quarrelsome; easy to anger; quick to lose temper
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
one's possessions; ownership
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
to keep step (with); to keep pace (with); to move in lockstep; to align (with another's thoughts or actions)