to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
first meeting; first contest between
ability; capability; competence; skill
fake; something false; sham; deception
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
literary woman; talented woman
to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)
to prostrate oneself before
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
to prostrate oneself before
interval; break; pause; spare moment
to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
sorrowful (e.g. person, scene, etc.); melancholic
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
as you see; as you can see
anywhere; here and there; common; run-of-the-mill; ordinary
ordinary; common; mediocre
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
confections; sweets; candy; cake
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire