guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
Pocky (biscuit stick coated with chocolate, strawberry, etc.)
crisp (like a pickle); crunchy; firm (musculature); stiff (shoulders, neck, etc.)
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
outfield; outfielder; outfield bleachers; third party; outsider
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
story; tale; talk; discussion
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
leaving to chance; leaving to fate
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
old enemy; longtime enemy; arch-enemy; traditional rival; longstanding foe
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
obligation chocolate; chocolate given by women to male colleagues, etc. out of obligation on Valentine's day
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)