using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
to earn the nickname (of); to be dubbed
leader; magnate; bigwig; extremely large head
to be slightly inferior; to be a degree worse; to give an inch; to make a concession; to concede a point
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
to cover fully; to wrap around
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
single; simple; sole; individual; unitary
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
to need; to demand; to take; to require
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
error; fumble that leads to failing to put out a runner
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); ground swell; surge
to mow; to reap; to harvest; to eradicate; to root out (e.g. evil); to remove
winning in a flash; instant defeat
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
being declared the winner of a bout
to do; to commit; to carry out; to bring about
to sit at a desk (to study); to be at one's desk; to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
start of a match; beginning of a game; kickoff
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
right side; right-hand side
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
living flesh; flesh and blood; living (human); raw (flesh, esp. fish)
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
flying; false start; doing something before the scheduled time or date; breaking the street date
observation; survey; watching
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
genuine; authentic; true; real