to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
practice game; practice match; scrimmage; workout
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)
having said that; be that as it may
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
advance; moving forward; progress
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
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
body; group; party; company; troupe
pacing (e.g. in athletics, etc.); pacing oneself
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
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 (from room temperature); 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; ignoring; not even looking at
occasionally; now and then; sometimes
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
tedious; verbose; wordy; redundancy
disqualification; unfitness; noncompliance
formal; proper; prescribed; conventional; stereotypical
self-satisfied look; triumphant expression
to get stuck in; to be mired in; to be addicted to