cooperation; collaboration; help; support
soldier; combatant; warrior
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
tournament; knockout tournament (esp. single-elimination); elimination tournament
form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode
arm; ability; skill; (physical) strength
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
I see; that's right; indeed
high praise; great admiration; with critical acclaim; to rave reviews; currently; presently
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
dozing off in the middle of doing something (esp. in an online chat or during an online game); becoming inactive due to falling asleep
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
irregular (schedule, service, etc.); indeterminate (length of time); staggered (payments)
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation (for the stage or screen); embellishment (of the facts); exaggeration; dramatization
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
war; battle; match; game; competition
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
about this time; about now
tough guy; wild one; veteran (in a particular field); expert; person of surprising audacity; someone with a lot of nerve
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
essential; important; crucial; vital; main