to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
malice; malicious intent; intent to kill
pride; boast; credit (to)
to see through; to see the true nature of something
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
declaration; proclamation; announcement
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
concreteness; feasibility
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
system; organization; organisation; architecture
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
loading (on board); equipping; equipped (with); built-in
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
how much; how many; however
imagination; supposition; guess
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
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 be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)