wrong answer; answering wrongly; giving a wrong answer
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
because; for; the reason why is ...
splish-splash; with a splash; click-click (of a camera shutter); with a click; with a snap
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
cannibalism; biting (someone); man-eating (e.g. tiger); cannibalistic
just one person; only one
state of things; state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
inevitable; unavoidable; certain; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
gambling den; gambling house
advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; course of action; behaviour; remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving
press conference; news conference
interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
at; in; at; when; by; with
skilfulness; skillfulness; cleverness
one's future; one's fate; prospects; one's way; one's path
losing posture; falling position from which it is impossible to recover; lame duck; hopeless situation
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
opportunity; chance; good time (to do); trend; tendency; momentum
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
extinguishing a fire; fire fighting
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
several people; a few people
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
losing initiative; being forestalled; moving second; person with the second move; gote; move that does not require an immediate response from the opponent
devoting (oneself) to; concentrating (one's efforts) on
goal to strive for; challenge