reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
power of recovery; ability to recuperate; resilience
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
gradually; slowly but steadily
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
make no progress; remain unsettled
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate); to have foresight; to be able to see the future
to have meaning; to be meaningful
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
to continue to do; to persist in doing
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
finger; hands and fingers; hands
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable