party in full swing; party at its peak
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
movements; bearing; deportment; farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)
official business; public business
clearing out people (from a room, etc.); ordering people to leave
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
disinformation; false information
to die (in action, in one's youth)
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
meeting place; assembly hall
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
(sports) commentator; play-by-play announcer; Let's Player; Let's Play gamer
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
open-weight (unclassified) division (category)
participant; entrant; player; competitor
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; preliminary selection; screening (e.g. of applicants); provisional election
application form (esp. a job application)
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
match fixing; put-up job; fixed game
to win through (e.g. to the next round); to win game after game; to achieve a final victory; to fight to the end and win; to come out on top
to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed
source of information; intelligence source; message source
decision of a contest; finals
tournament; knockout tournament (esp. single-elimination); elimination tournament
to win and advance to the next round
abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously