aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
in the meanwhile; during the time
voting; ballot; poll; vote
to be indicated as the winner of a bout by the raising of the referee's fan; to be declared the winner
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
successive generations; successive emperors
unprecedented; unique; unparalleled
boom; craze; (economic) boom; boom (of a boat); (microphone) boom
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
man of the hour; woman of the hour
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
else; in addition; besides
limited; limiting; restrictive
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
such ... as; or some such
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
questionnaire; survey; poll
function; facility; faculty; feature
popular; well-liked; common; frequent; popular music; pop music
video streaming; video distribution
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
major (recording) label debut
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely
musical composition; tune