scoundrel; rascal; villain
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
simply (cannot); definitely (cannot); absolutely (cannot); by no means
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
instruction; guidance; tutelage; (arch.) licensed elementary school teacher
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
success; prosperity; boom
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
war or military record; score; military achievements; results
participants; participating athletes
loser; defeated person; the defeated
laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
rational; reasonable; logical
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
exhibition; exhibition game
completely (beaten, defeated, etc.); thoroughly; utterly; black and blue; to a pulp
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
prize money; monetary award; reward
entrance fee; admission fee; admission; entrance charge; admission charge
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure