to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
participants; participating athletes
fighting bravely; strenuous efforts
training; practice; drilling; honing (one's skills); cultivation (e.g. of knowledge); improvement
to lose one's virginity (of a woman); to become sexually active
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
(formal) announcement; unveiling; introduction; debut
shabby; mean; sorry; dingy
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
full dress; formal dress; uniform
movements; bearing; deportment; farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
courtesy call; going around to say hello (or goodbye) to everybody; making the rounds
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
restive horse; unmanageable person (esp. a woman); shrew; stubborn tomboy
from A to Z; in every particular; all without exception; in everything; through and through; (lit.) from one to ten
person of doubtful origin
to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)
thoughtlessness; indiscretion
displeasure; ill humour; ill humor; pique
formal; official; ceremonious
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
calming down; settling down; quieting down; sedation
blind (devotion, faith, etc.); reckless
unable to get along; unable to cooperate; unable to hit it off; not seeing eye to eye
older sister and younger brother
need for caution; need for care; requiring special attention
Hellmuth; Helmut; Hermuth
host country (e.g. for a conference)
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
date (of an event, meeting, etc.)
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
the nth ...; divisions of a kabuki performance
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
to cause someone to worry
individual match; single game
Minister for Foreign Affairs
event held the night before another event; eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)
spare player; substitute; sub; benchwarmer
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides