important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination
to become tense; to become serious; to become sober; sobering; bracing
first meeting; first contest between
the eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)
joint work; collaboration
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; heat; primary
recital (i.e. of music, by a pupil); presentation (e.g. product launch)
opening to the public (e.g. garden, etc.); read permission: anybody
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
unveiling; debut; introduction
championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round
posterity; future generations
construction at top speed
so what!; who gives a damn?
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
primeval forest; virgin forest
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
amusement; fun; brief entertainment
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
withdrawal; revocation; repeal; demolition; removal
Mara; demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment; obstacle to enlightenment; penis
ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy
to put on track; to make go to plan; to put into orbit; to send into orbit
exposing; unmasking; laying bare
arrest; apprehension; capture
hot topic; talk of the town
to travel all over; to be active in places widely apart
one's social position; one's place; one's standing
dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
returning from school; going home from school
performer; entertainer; celebrity
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
to attract attention; to come into the limelight
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
to set (sun); to become dark
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
unkindness; unfriendliness
electronic book; e-book; electronic banking; electron beam; exchangeable bond