benefit; use; good; profit; gains
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
concession; conciliation; compromise
opinion; intention; thought
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
all; everyone; everybody; everything
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
heart-pounding; exciting; thrilling; to have one's heart pound; to be thrilled
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
different opinion; objection
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
promise; vow; engagement; convention; rule; resolution
loser; defeated person; the defeated
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
fair and square; open and aboveboard
directly opposite; right in front
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
changing one's attitude or response according who one is talking to or dealing with
hot blood; warm blood; zeal; fervor; fervour
foolish idea; (one's own) idea; my humble opinion
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
to fully understand and agree; to be convinced; to be fully satisfied (with an explanation)
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
minimum; at the very least
disadvantageous; long (odds)
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard