close contest; close match; close game; close combat
experiment; experimentation
(one's) daughter; stupid woman; stupid girl
reason; cause; history; origin
specimen; sample; (classic) example; type; sample
to notify; to advise; (arch.) to know; (arch.) to reign; (arch.) to govern (a country)
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
to be unequal to the burden (job); to be too heavy a load for
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
bow-wow; woof; wah-wah; bawling; clamouring; clamoring
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare
to stay up all night; to sit up all night; to do something all night
assembling (in full force); muster; lining up; gathering; getting together
hot spring district (within a town)
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
to suppress (a smile, yawn, etc.); to stifle; to bite to death
understanding; comprehension; grasp; perception; appreciation; mastery (of an art or skill)
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
intelligence network; information network
extremely; very; terribly; awfully; tremendously; incredibly
bringing; taking; carrying
leg guards; shin guards; shin pads
spiked shoes; spikes; cleats; boots (soccer, rugby, etc.)
color scheme; colour scheme
to parody; to make a parody of; to pun (on); to twist; to distort
start of a match; beginning of a game; kickoff
to become (a state, condition, etc.)