chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
complaint; quibble; niggle; finding fault; false accusation
reopening; resumption; restarting
at this point; at this last moment; this late in the game
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
popular name; common name; given name
collection (of a debt, rent, taxes, etc.); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked
to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; (lit.) to cross a dangerous bridge
temporary; transitory; short-lived
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
means; way; method; measure
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to become desperate; to give in to despair
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
cancellation; withdrawal; asking to be excused; begging off; not taking
staff; staff member; stuffing (in Western cuisine); filling; stuff; materials
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
unspecified large number (of people)
holder (of a record, title, permit, etc.)
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
unbearable to look at; too miserable (or awful) to watch; cannot bear to see
one-way traffic; one-way (e.g. communication); one-sided
to smirk; to grin broadly
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
god of death; death deity; Death; Grim Reaper
to draw (the winning ticket); to apply; to compare; to put (oneself in someone's position)
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
to cross one's mind; to spring to mind; to occur to one
place to go; place one can go