utility; room with sink, washing machine, etc. in a house or apartment
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
modest; reserved; discreet; careful; prudent; circumspect
half a lifetime; half one's life; one's life so far
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
head-on fight; direct confrontation; head-to-head contest
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
either way; in any case; one way or another
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
to win fame; to become widely known; to make a name for oneself
appearing in one's finest clothes; appearing in one's hour of triumph
likely loss; probable defeat
relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting
taking the mound; pitching a game
commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memento; souvenir; keepsake
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; full provision
old friend; familiar face
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
firm promise; definite promise
what is called; what they call; so-called
in a ward; within the ward; within the zone; within the district
administered by a ward; operated by a ward; run by a ward; managed by a ward
sporty (esp. garments, accessories, etc.)
bottom; lower garment (e.g. jeans, slacks, skirt, etc.); hem (of trousers, skirt, etc.)
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
to make a fool of (someone)
first year of high school; first-year high school student
sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive
second; second base; second baseman; second (gear); second (time unit); second (in boxing, etc.)
wandering samurai; soldier of fortune; brigand; mountain-dwelling robber
left; left field; left fielder
burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite
interferer; meddler; buttinsky
cripple; disabled person; invalid; (game, internet, etc.) addict
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of
oh; ah; if there is; as for that; that is