interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press
irritating; annoying; nosy
huge win; overwhelming victory
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
to need; to demand; to take; to require
as (for); for; in the capacity of
heartbreak; grief; sorrow
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
stage made of Japanese cypress (in noh, kabuki, etc.); the limelight; the big stage; the big time
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
tennis; tennis played with regulation balls
hard (esp. of hardball, tennis, etc.)
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
domestic; domestically-produced; produced within a country
soft tennis; tennis played with soft rubber balls instead of hard yellow balls
soft (esp. of softball, tennis, etc.)
being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
yelp; sales campaign; kiang (Equus hemionus kiang); kyang