to rewind; to rally; to recover; to come back
preservation; retainment; keeping
to take back; to recapture
succeeding; following; trailing; next
offset; offsetting each other; set-off; setoff; killing each other
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (flyers, etc.); to give out; to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.); to give the slip
(distant) howling; howl; backbiting; criticizing someone behind their back
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; money
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
simplification (character, hair-style, etc.); unbalancing an opponent
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
downhill road; descending road
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
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)
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
to gain on; to put pressure on; to close in on
positioning side-by-side; parallel arrangement; going along with something; following the crowd; treating something in an equal or egalitarian manner
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
to jostle; to crowd; to haggle
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
last spurt; final spurt; home stretch
a head (e.g. taller or shorter); noticeable difference (in competitors' results)
to make frantic efforts; to make an all-out effort; to try desperately
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)