match; game; bout; contest
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
just you wait and see (as a threat)
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
physical strength; brute strength; arm strength
to knock down; to knock off
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
technique; art; skill; move
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
art of self-defense (defence)
to fight; to exchange blows; to rally
ball game (e.g. baseball, tennis, soccer)
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
people; citizens; subjects; folk
sun and moon; time; days and months; Sunday and Monday
study; library; bookstore; bookshop; publishing company
to lose an easy game; to suffer an unexpected defeat; to lose information
this is why; this means; it is the case that
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift