winning by decision (in combat sports); winning on points
all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; skimping; tenuki; playing elsewhere on the board instead of responding locally
ultimate weapon; one's final trump card
a mere ...; only a ...; insignificant
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
the other day; lately; recently
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means; at all costs; at any cost; no matter what (happens); by fair means or foul
rival; competitor; competition
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
practice; practising; training; study
to go out and away; to leave
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
they; those guys; those fellows
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to break; to break down; to be crazy; to be nuts; to be infatuated (with); to be crazy (about)
to pass (of time); to elapse
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
no holds barred; anything goes; no limits
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
steel frame; steel beam; steel girder
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to be relieved; to feel relieved
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
preface; introduction; preamble
to straighten; to bend into shape; to correct (faults, bad habits, etc.); to reform (bad character, conduct, etc.); to take aim at; to sight (with one eye closed)
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)