guest; visitor; visitor's arrival
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
vindication of honour; vindication of honor; making up for loss; revenge
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
easy to deal with; easily manageable; tractable; malleable
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
sales promotion; hard selling
degenerate; decadent; corrupt
delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
strenuous efforts; exerting oneself; stirring oneself up; splurge; spending extravagantly (on); treating oneself (to)
butcher's shop; butcher; meat shop
turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
filling; packing; stuffing; filling; (dental) filling
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
period (interval of a game); piri (Korean double reed instrument)
turkey (Meleagris gallopavo); turkey (bowling); three strikes in a row
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
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
future prospects; promise
promising; hopeful; full of promise
to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)
to get into the swing of (one's work); to hit one's stride; (for a fish or bird) to put on fat for the winter
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
to gain strength; to increase ability
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds
in order; sequential; seriatim
rivalry (between two irreconcilable forces); conflict; strife; mutual overcoming cycle (of the five elements in Chinese philosophy; wood overcomes earth, earth overcomes water, water overcomes fire, fire overcomes metal, metal overcomes wood); excessive destructive cycle
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
final selection (in a competition, match, etc.)
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
chairman; moderator; toastmaster; master of ceremonies; chairperson; host (of a TV show, etc.)
qualifying tournament; preliminaries; trials; primaries
participants; participating athletes
person of high rank or position
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
numerical value; figure; result; reading (on a meter, etc.)
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone