specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
rival; competitor; competition
trying one's luck; test of one's luck
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
they; those guys; those fellows
first place; first rank; units position (of a number)
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
another school; other schools
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
extra-large (clothing size); XL; language laboratory; LL
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to take (someone) along; to bring along; to be accompanied by
body build; physique; frame
odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
good young man; agreeable youth
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
1,000,000; one million; million; many
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
being on duty; person on duty; one's turn
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
going around; patrol; round; tour
one scene; one frame; one shot; one cell; one panel (comic)
free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of charge); freelance; independent; freelancer; one-size-fits-all; free skating