around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
ingenuity; resourcefulness
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
beginning of hostilities; beginning of competition; first match (in a series)
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; leaving a passing ball for a teammate (in soccer); letting the ball go past
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
decisive battle of brief duration
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
intentionally; on purpose; deliberately; taking something into account
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance; vulgar; lowbrow; indecent
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
astounding; tremendous; wild; crazy; exorbitant; outrageous
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
hurried construction; hurried production; hasty manufacture; hasty formation
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
clockwork (motor, etc.); spring action
with a boom; with a crash; with a rumble
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
trying one's luck; test of one's luck
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
recipient (e.g. of mail); addressee; payee; beneficiary
economic fortune; luck with money
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to retort; to quickly turn the steering wheel in the opposite direction; to cut the wheel
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
to call together; to convene