firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun; having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial
useless object; deadwood; white elephant; boondoggle
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
not necessarily so; is not always true
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
power of recovery; ability to recuperate; resilience
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)
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
finger; hands and fingers; hands
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
at the last moment; this late in the game
armory; armoury; ordnance department
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
detonator; percussion cap
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
expression; look; countenance; face
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
Japanese representative; Japanese delegate; Japanese delegation
chivalrous spirit; chivalry