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laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)

5

staff meeting

3

confused (situation); great fuss; much wrangling

1

acceptance

1

decision; ruling; judgement; judgment

1

outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious

3

instructor; advisor; adviser

2

bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent

6

inexperienced person

1

foundation; basis

4

stretch

3

weight training; muscle training

2

warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises

2

forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding

1

training clothes (judo, kendo, etc.); practice suit

3

barking over nothing (of a dog); barking at passers-by or visitors

1

independent training (e.g. of athletes working without a coach)

2

bend forward

1

putting a deliberately bad interpretation (on a person's actions); petty-minded suspicion

1

intentionally; on purpose; deliberately; taking something into account

6

menial; meanness; servility; abject

2

legs and loins

1

sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass

2

balance; equilibrium

4

frail; slender; feminine

6

to be free; to be available

3

going down; fall; knocking down (in boxing); flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)

6

to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)

4

half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive

6

mutual love

1

quietly; slowly; gracefully

4

to harmonize; to harmonise; to be in harmony; to say the same thing in unison (inadvertently)

1

to feel depressed; to be down

2

to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)

5

to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)

2

warm-up exercises

1

enough is enough; no further!

2

good-natured; of good character

1

upper half of the body; upper body

5

to be traced (of a criminal); to be tracked; (arch.) to have a (male) lover

1

virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless

1

full

3

training

2

to watch steadily; to stare

17

fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment

6

squat

1

thigh; femoral

7

bam; whomp; thump

3

to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up

3

to glance at; to glimpse

5