video game (played on a home console)
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation; applause
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
with a start; in a fright; alarmedly
to give; to do (something) for
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
calm; peace; serenity; composure; equanimity; presence of mind
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
subordination; servitude; servility; subordinate; underling
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
straw mat used as a bag for carrying earth
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to shake; to waver; to tremble
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
one passage; one paragraph; one stanza; one verse; one section (of a piece of music); one syllable
reflexively; reflectively; by reflex
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money; (lit.) a duck comes carrying a Welsh onion on its back
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
schedule; program; programme; agenda
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)