game in which a dangling piece of bread is grabbed in the mouth and raced to the finish line (in school sports festivals)
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect
claim (for compensation); customer complaint seeking compensation; (general) complaint; objection
voluntary restraints; self-limitation
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
superior; boss; them (as opposed to "us"); person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)
guardian; protector; patron; parent
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking
successively; one after another
dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
eating heavily; hearty eating; binge eating; big eater; trencherman; gormandizer
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
ball-toss game, in which balls are thrown into a basket on a high pole (played at sports festivals)
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
rolling (something); knocking down; fishing with multiple hooks on a weighted line; repeatedly buying and selling
The Decameron; Il Decamerone
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
virginity (of a male); virgin; (Catholic) nun; sister
weather vane; fence-sitter; opportunist
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
proposal; motion; recommendation
to accept; to receive; to agree
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
living thing; living creature; animal; life
surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float