stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
ace (in tennis, volleyball, etc.)
toot (e.g. of trumpet); honk (e.g. of klaxon); beep; farting sound; sound of something being inflated; puff
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
training; drill; practice; discipline
to stick it out (until the end)
pride; boast; credit (to)
fetching balls (tennis, baseball, etc.); ball boy
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
day after day; day by day
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
and; AND (Boolean operator)
stroke (of a racket, in swimming, etc.)
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
electricity; (electric) light
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
it's no joke; gimme a break!
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
unfairness; injustice; partiality
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
to cut corners; to be shoddy
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
don't get me wrong, but ...; I'm sorry
abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
game, set and match; end of the game; end of the match
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n