waiting (for); expecting; standby screen (on a mobile phone); (phone) wallpaper
to be at a loss how to continue an offensive; to be frustrated by impregnable defences
agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; agglutination
to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
(giving) instruction (esp. in the secrets of an art, discipline, etc.); initiation; teaching; passing on; imparting
making use of; application; practical use; operation (esp. of a boat); steering
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; perversion (esp. sexual)
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
pair; the two; both persons; both things
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
to win through (e.g. to finals); to advance
event with ... rounds, innings, legs, etc.; nth-round match (in a knockout tournament)
to attract attention; to come into the limelight
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
the very best; excellent; superb
very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to stop; to halt; to have (someone) stay; to put up (a guest); to fasten; to pin
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)
petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
that is to say; so that means
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
to find out; to discover; to locate
small-sized; small-scale; miniature; small; little; tiny
deciding match; play-off; runoff
deciding match (in a competition for a cup (pennant))
declaration; proclamation; announcement
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
novel; story; (work of) fiction
particularly; only; in the case of