candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
(necessary) personnel; required person
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
to need; to call for; to require
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
possessing (what is required); having; fulfilling (conditions); satisfying (requisites); being endowed with
to drink up; to drain (cup)
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
tool; implement; means; furniture
portion; potion (e.g. magical)
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation