expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
complexity; complex; complicated
minimum; lowest; minimal; at a minimum
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
not counted (in the score); not tallied
sphere; globe; ball; sphere; counter for pitches
to talk on and on; to talk one's head off
useless; worthless; half-man (esp. upper body); (arch.) half day (e.g. when working)
at once; right away; promptly; quickly; right now; this instant
with a swoosh; at one fell swoop
soft to the touch (e.g. fur, feathers); fluffy; to stroke (something fluffy); to rub; to pat
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
whispering into a person's ear
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
children's song; nursery rhyme
wild beast; wild animal; brute
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
starting lineup; player in the starting lineup
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly; to believe entirely
to cry and shout; to scream
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd; gourd (container); calabash
to hold in one's mouth; to bring with; to take along
start of a match; beginning of a game; kickoff
to blow (a horn, etc.); to sound
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
to know thoroughly; to have full knowledge of
research; study; investigation
done; just done; just finished
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); pass (ceding one's turn); giving (something) a pass; pass (ceding one's turn after there are no more useful moves)