to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
close contest; close match; close game; close combat
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
quarter; a fourth; square (piece of) cloth
rest; break; recess; intermission
championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round
fierce fight; close contest
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
to lie down; to throw oneself down
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
way; method; means; effect; result; worth
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
to push; to thrust; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal); to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
personal delivery; handing over in person
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
ramification; branching off
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
blood vessel; blood relationship
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
dizzily; giddily; spinning; boiling up
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
young person; youngster; greenhorn; novice; inexperienced person
failure; collapse; breakdown; (arch.) tear (in clothing, etc.); (arch.) rip; (arch.) split