to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
menial; meanness; servility; abject
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
fixed idea; idée fixe; stereotype; prejudice
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
Japanese person; Japanese people
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
trivial; not amounting to much
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
selection; choice; option
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
loser; defeated person; the defeated
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting