record of proceedings; minutes
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
armband; arm band; brassard
to rule; to govern; to administer
composition; constitution
preparatory phase; preparatory period
in session; in progress; under way; open
powerful person; influential person
polite; courteous; hospitable
system; organization; organisation; architecture
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
indoor (court, pool, etc.)
success; prosperity; boom
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
beauty contest to name Miss ...
to blossom; to flower; to bloom
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect
beauty or ugliness; personal appearance; looks
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
pinioning; binding arms behind the back
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
moment by moment; hour by hour
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
to refuse; to reject; to deny
martial arts which involve fighting without weapons; combat sport; one-on-one fighting sport
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter
to return a blow repeat; to turn back; to rewhip; to plow up; to plough up; to come and retreat
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
carrying on one's back (e.g. baby); piggyback ride
to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)
net content (e.g. on food packaging)
economical; efficient; lean; compact
work style; way of working
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate