(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
prospects of victory; chances of success
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to increase; to add to; to augment
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary
to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
evil spirits of rivers and mountains
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
possessed of a strong sense of duty
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
senior high school; high school
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
specialist journal; specialized magazine; specialised magazine
draft (esp. in baseball); draft; rough copy; draught (beer); draft; draft (air current)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
to gain an advantage; to enjoy an advantage; to turn the tables (on)
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it