nice; good; well-executed
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
dark place; unlit spot; darkness
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
female university student; female college student
scoring; score; points made; marks obtained; goals; runs
loser; defeated person; the defeated
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
fraud; trickery; hoax; swindle; counterfeit; fake
only the results matter; it's all about the results
there is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary; does not match; out of reach of
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
done; just done; just finished
national (e.g. hero, pastime, consensus); relevant to all citizens; popular on a national level
way of throwing (esp. in baseball); throwing technique; pitching technique
pitching; throwing a ball; bowling (in cricket); pitched ball
to make sense; to be meaningful
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
to be thoroughly attracted by; to be completely fascinated by
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)
to well up; to burst; to arise
audience; spectator; spectators
formal; proper; prescribed; conventional; stereotypical
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
(shout of) encouragement; cheering; rooting; support
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
mercilessly; relentlessly; unsparingly