to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
review (of learned material); revision
growth period; growing season
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
higher rank; better position
rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot
trusting too much; overestimating ability
to jump from one thing to another
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
order of chivalry; chivalric order
to succeed; to bear fruit
to make up the number; to have a complete set of
counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)