martial arts demonstration; martial arts training
very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite commonplace
traditional; from ancient times; formerly
faint; indistinct; dim; vague; subtle; delicate
starting point; point of departure
hometown; birthplace; native place; one's old home
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
veil of darkness; curtain of night
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
something worth mentioning; something to count on; something problematic
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
anchorage; anchoring; mooring
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
United Nations (UN) Headquarters
because; for; the reason why is ...
slight increase; marginal rise
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
cardboard box; carton; corrugated box
resolution (of a display, printer, scanner, etc.); degree of understanding; how well one understands a person or thing
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
mediator; go-between; middleman
fresh in one's mind; fresh in one's memory
heavy blow; major blow; severe blow; serious damage
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
making something freely available (information, access to a competition, etc.)
effort; initiative; dealing with; bout (in sports, etc.); match
another name; different name; synonym; alias; pseudonym; pen name
bed of nails; bed of thorns; bed of needles
detector; detecting machine; detecting device