full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
nonstandard; out of spec; irregular; exceptional; extraordinary; unbelievable
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
all you want; as much as one wants
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
small; fine; detailed; stingy
healthy; sound; wholesome
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
rejection; dismissal; turning down; abandoning; renunciation
automatic; intransitive verb
punishment by demotion; disciplinary demotion
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
terrible (video) game; crappy game; rubbish game
around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal