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
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
first meeting; first contest between
ability; capability; competence; skill
fake; something false; sham; deception
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
to stick out one's tongue; to ridicule someone (behind their back); to laugh at someone
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; leaving a passing ball for a teammate (in soccer); letting the ball go past
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of; serving (in the military, congress, etc.)
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
one bow; one salute; one greeting
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
literary woman; talented woman
to prostrate oneself (before)
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
to prostrate oneself (before)
interval; break; pause; gap (between objects); interval; opening
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; in accordance with what you see
anywhere; here and there; common; run-of-the-mill; ordinary
ordinary; common; mediocre
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank
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
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen