victory or defeat; match; contest; game
personal identification number; PIN; password number
being about to cry; the verge of tears
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
quarrel; dispute; argument
peace (of mind); tranquility; tranquillity; serenity
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
on bad terms; at loggerheads
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
warp; curvature; bend; curve (of a sword)
quarrel; feud; wrangling; snarling (at each other)
is something that; is that which
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
being evenly matched; being equal with; being on a par with; (arch.) eldest and second eldest brother; (arch.) older and younger brother
crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
because; for; the reason why is ...
trivial; not amounting to much
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
mount; stand; lens mount; mounting (e.g. a drive); mounting (animal behaviour); asserting dominance