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now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns

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lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash

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wild pitch

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fence

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resolute; determined; bold

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steady; firm; solid; secure

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prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum

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to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront

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grinning; smirking

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condition; situation; prospects

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last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)

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go for it; keep at it

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to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

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to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

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to underrate; to make light of

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to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)

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unfashionable; unstylish; uncool; unrefined

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genius; prodigy; natural gift

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jump up for joy

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to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

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pressure

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risk

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same score; deadlock; tie; draw

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to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor

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contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game

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point spread; point difference

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decision; settlement; definition

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game, set and match; end of the game; end of the match

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to be afraid of making mistakes; to fear failing

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to make a mistake; to mess up; to make an error; to err

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to attack; to assault; to assail

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to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to

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firmly; absolutely; flatly; by far; far and away; by a long shot

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advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

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to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in

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draw

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decisive moment; turning point; critical moment; win-or-bust situation

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you can do it if you try

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relax

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a throw; a fall

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to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)

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savage dog

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brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing

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to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

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growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

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comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious

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on the occasion of; at the time of

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vertical; perpendicular

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narrow

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