illumination; decorative lighting
late blooming (flower, talent); late flowering
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
popular (with); in favour (with); well received
superior; boss; them (as opposed to "us"); person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
light; right; right field; right fielder
to perfect; to detail; to polish; (arch.) to make (inside something)
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)
to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate
forget it; forget what I just said; scratch that; check that
north wind; northerly wind
quirk of fate; twist of fate; (an) irony
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
tag (children's game); tig
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
national convention; national competition; national athletic meet
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
individual match; single game
overall victory; championship
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
reason for being; raison d'être
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter