battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
in succession; one by one
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
chief; main; principal; major
estrangement; alienation; disaffection; (customer) churn; attrition
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
matter of time; question of time
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
single combat; duel; one-on-one fight
limited time; limited-time offer
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
everybody is different; to each their own; three different people, three different styles
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
to create a stir; to make waves; to raise a question about; to cause a sensation
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
consideration; taking into account
state of reduced activity; lull; state of abeyance; stable condition
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
to be of benefit; to be beneficial; to be useful; to do one good; to be good for one
act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
the same generation; coeval
attractive middle-aged man
to fall flat; to fall face down
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
the same; the said; likewise
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with
for convenience; as a matter of convenience
unique; distinctive; novel; different color (colour)