imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
fighting bravely; strenuous efforts
nimble; agile; quick; quick (thinking); smart; alert
match (contest); to match with; to go well with
to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
to be lacking a trump card; to be lacking conclusive evidence
draw (in competition); tie game
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead
control; check; restraint; inhibition
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
to make a mistake; to mess up; to make an error; to err
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
feeling of disappointment; sense of dismay
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
breaking off; snapping off
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
straying; wandering off course
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
sea level; (surface of) sea
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)