thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
state of the war; war situation
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
mock cavalry battle; piggyback fight
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
to be traced (of a criminal); to be tracked; (arch.) to have a (male) lover
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
game in which the object is to topple the opposing team's pole
trivial; not amounting to much
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
death march; death march (in software development); crunch
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
call; summons; convening; convocation
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
competitor; contestant; player; athlete
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
gym clothes; gym uniform; PE kit
logo; Logo (programming language)
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
getting carried away; going too far; overdoing
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
entry (event, competition, etc.); applying for entry; registering to participate; entry (blog, database, etc.); post
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
martial arts which involve fighting without weapons; combat sport; one-on-one fighting sport
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
besides; in addition; also; moreover