penultimate bout of the tournament day
spring picking; first flush (tea)
practice; practising; exercise; training
to consent to; to assent to
it's nothing; don't mention it; no thanks necessary
preliminary conditions; initial conditions; state of preparations for (before) an event
the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat
if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is; there's a flip side to every coin
lakes and torrents of spring (overflowing with water)
Hasse; Hasse, Helmut (1898-1979) (mathematician)
handbook; manual; guide; primer
institute for general research; multidiscipline laboratory
unbending; inflexible; tenacity; indomitableness
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated
apartment house; residential complex
angelica (any herb of the genus Angelica, esp. garden angelica, Angelica archangelica)
to reopen (e.g. a file, window); to open again