end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
sovereign; emperor; monarch
presidential system; presidential government
adviser; advisor; consultant; school club supervisor (usu. a teacher); school club manager
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
governing institution; governing institutions; organ of government
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
bureaucratic organization; bureaucracy
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
if it is (the case that ...)
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
interception (email); wiretap; bug
Winter Olympics; Winter Olympic Games
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
group (of people, competitors, companies, etc.); contingent; camp; team
much less; to say nothing of
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start; beginning
great victory; decisive victory; overwhelming victory; landslide victory
to gain strength; to gather momentum; to be encouraged; to be heartened; to be invigorated; to take heart
major contender; strong (leading) candidate; front runner
end of a match; end of a game
next match; next game; next contest
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
fewest; least; smallest (number); youngest
point spread; point difference
period (esp. in European languages); full stop; period (of time); era; period (interval of a game)