although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
matter for great congratulation
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
love quadrangle; four-way relationship
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole
substance; essence; substantive; substantial; in essence; in effect
being the sole winner; beating everyone else; winner-take-all; mostly alone; mostly by oneself
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than
to pitch in and help; to give someone a hand
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
inspection; examination; survey
worthless thing; trivial thing
blast it!; bloody hell!; by thunder!; you bastard!; god damn you!; motherfucker!
portrait; likeness; sketch (of a face)
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
maturing; ripening; aging; ageing; curing; fermenting
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
par; equivalence; face value; parity
scissors (in rock-paper-scissors)
moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative; sente; move that forces a response from the opponent, allowing the player to retain the initiative
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
difficult to understand; difficult to grasp; confusing; puzzling
tone deafness; amusia; having no ear for music; having no sense of (e.g. direction); being hopeless when it comes to (e.g. computers); -illiterate
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
hardness of hearing; bradyacusia; deafness; having poor reception (radio, etc.)
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
just you wait and see (as a threat)
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; spectator; viewer
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off
cancelled because of rain; to be cancelled in case of rain
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)