victory or defeat; match; contest; game
making a swift decision; making immediate decisions and taking quick actions
place; room; margin; scope
trickery; wiles; finesse; Machiavellism
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
there being no use in arguing (about it)
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
to be greatly obliged; to be very sorry
making efficient; optimization
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
to be itching to put one's skills to use
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time
to blow through; to blow across
compulsory; obligatory; mandatory
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
pupil; student; schoolchild
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; viewpoint; point one is trying to make
absolutely; positively; decidedly