back screen (esp. hitter's background in center field)
star player; star athlete
wild enthusiasm; being crazy about
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
magnanimous in one's attitude of mind; grand in one's idea or mind-set
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
living in obscurity; lying low; remaining unnoticed
beginning (developing into) a quarrel (a fight, an altercation)
arrest; apprehension; capture
supplementary suit; supplementary indictment
hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind
religious leader; person of religion; religious figure; religionist
study; research; investigation
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
timidity; cowardice; prudence; pedantry
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; standstill
at any time; at any moment; when; at what moment
ingenuity; inventiveness; creative originality
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
hard struggle; strenuous effort
to affect; to impact; to influence
a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes
loitering on the way; wayside grass
covered with; stained; smeared
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
photography; taking photographs
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
flight; desertion; escape
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)