participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
to fight; to exchange blows
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
match; game; bout; contest
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
criticism; critique; review; commentary
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
scoring; score; points made; marks obtained; goals; runs
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
scorer (goals, runs, etc.)
loser; defeated person; the defeated
traditional; conventional
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
such; this sort of; like this
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
to do for (the sake of someone else)
to return a blow repeat; to turn back; to rewhip; to plow up; to plough up; to come and retreat
awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
to ask a question; to ask questions
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
opinion; point of view; visual point
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash