opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
thread; 0.0001; one ten-thousandth
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
indiscriminate shooting; random shooting; firing blindly
to some extent; to a certain extent
to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
acceleration; speeding up
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
not long has passed since ...
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
of inquiring mind; eager to study; enthusiastic in studying
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
this and that; one thing or another
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever