violence by weight of numbers; tyranny of the majority
reputation; respectability
amount of material resources
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
scram (emergency nuclear reactor shut-down)
to run through; to run past
power; might; authority; influence
to push aside; to brush aside
to resound; to make a stir
regularization; regularisation; getting up speed; proceeding at full tilt
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark)
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
risky; dangerous; insecure
in terms of; from the point of view of
publication of results; announcement of results
no game; game that is stopped before it can be considered an official game (e.g. due to rainout)
scoreless (game or competition)
provisional; temporary; tentative
practical question (problem); practical matter
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
unidentified mysterious animal
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
somehow; for some reason or other
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
witnessing; observing; sighting
several times; several degrees
happy memory; sweet memory
to get excited; to be roused (to action); to get the itch (to do)
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
whether you like it or not; no matter what one may do; in any event; at all events; (lit.) whether you laugh or cry
entremets; intermezzo; small palate-cleansing dish served between courses
poor piece of writing; my poor writing
reconstruction; reorganization; reorganisation; reconstitution; reconfiguration
improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
chronological order; time series