to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
isolation; being alone; being friendless
to collapse into; to flop onto
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; heat; primary
exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
scoring; score; points made; marks obtained; goals; runs
lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
serious; severe; grave; acute
to win through (e.g. to finals); to advance
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to accept; to receive; to agree
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
willpower; energy; vitality
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
to detain; to check; to restrain
near; close; beside; third person
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
just because; even if; even though
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
to be needed; to be wanted
champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero