two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
very great; enormous; serious
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
since one was born; (in) all one's life
individual match; single game
baton (of command); order; command; direction
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
largehearted; frank; unaffected
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
timidity; cowardliness; (lit.) courage of a flea
guard on sword, polearms, etc.; flange; brim; visor (e.g. of a hat)
to fail to be attentive to
contrary to one's expectations; to one's surprise
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
looking away; looking aside
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
to open (up) a Pandora's box
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing