victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
to crouch; to squat; to cower
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
to crawl out of; to creep out of
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
metre; meter; meter; gauge
fall; drop; descent; coming down
to shout (in anger); to yell
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
vice; immorality; corruption
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
walking heavily; lumbering
to use up all one's strength
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
invisibly; secretly; privately
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to