habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
practice game; practice match
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
supply; supplying; replenishment
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
changing ends (in tennis, volleyball, etc.); switching ends
student in a lower grade; underclassman
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
advance; moving forward; progress
thank you (for your hard work); good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
trait; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
to use up all one's strength; to die
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; judgement (of God); referee
group; body; party; company; troupe; gang
pacing (e.g. in athletics, etc.); pacing oneself
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
to keep standing; to stand motionless
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
to cause laughter; to extract a smile
hegemony; leadership; initiative
to cool; to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
as usual; as is one's habit
taking no notice (of); showing no interest (in); paying no attention (to); ignoring completely
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
occasionally; now and then; sometimes
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)