to stiffen; to become stiff
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
I appreciate your efforts
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
trash house; house overflowing with garbage from hoarding
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
subdivision; segmentation; fractionalization; fragmentation
word of mouth; comments written online (about a product, service, etc.); online reviews
dispersing; breaking up; running away
the whole day; all the day
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
cup sake; sake sold in a single-serve glass cup or can
digital versatile disc; DVD
disclosure; exposure; revelation
there's no knowing; there's no telling; it's anyone's guess; who knows?
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer
party game in which a randomly selected king issues orders to other players
unfairness; injustice; partiality
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
to look forward to something
to be discouraged; to be disheartened
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
government office; public office
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
legal; from a legal standpoint; legally speaking; de jure
demesne; estate; private land; private property
bureaucratic routine; red tape