to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
old maid (card game); living without one's mother-in-law
(the two persons' sides) being evenly matched in ability
to glare at each other; to confront each other
leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
softly; mildly; gently; politely
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle