chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
for example; for instance; e.g.
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
prognostic symptoms; after-effect
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
regulation; adjustment; control
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
to be found; to be discovered
much less; to say nothing of
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
because of; owing to; due to
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
how; in what way; by what means
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
to lower one's voice; to speak more softly
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing
alone; unaided; away from home
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
failed at every attempt; defeated in every (match, battle, etc.)
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to burst (open); to break; to split
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to discuss; to talk together
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring