(advance) notice; preliminary announcement; warning; trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.)
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
5th day of the month; five days
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
suitable; appropriate; fitting; appropriately; accordingly; as required
one's hand; name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
(degree of) risk; riskiness; danger
vividly; clearly; distinctly; acutely
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet
throughput; processing power
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
little by little; bit by bit
comparatively; relatively
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
frequency (of occurrence)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow
6th day of the month; six days
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
to give directions; to issue instructions
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
7th day of the month; seven days
hard problem; person hard to please; hard nut to crack
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
matter of time; question of time
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
8th day of the month; eight days
occurrence; happening; incident; event
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement