begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
firearms; missile; projectile weapon
lightly; easily; carelessly
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
family; members of a family
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
in order; sequential; seriatim
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
participation; joining; entry; adherence
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
special selection; finest pick; top pick
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
in proportion to; just as much as
in person; personally; directly
main guest; guest of honor; guest of honour
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
technical (e.g. discussion); exclusive; professional
in a day; in a brief space of time
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
relatively; comparatively