to be free; to be available
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
perforation; punching; boring; drilling
last week; the week before
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
sports ground; sports oval
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
match; game; bout; contest
nine times; twisting around many times
first base; first baseman; one fort
indigestion; dyspepsia; incomprehensibility; inability to understand
in low spirits; dejected; sad
sigh (of admiration or lamentation)
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
batter's box; one's turn at bat
strikeout; strike out; fanning out
indicate reason; infers some protest
breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
lively; vigorous; sprightly; animated; vivid
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)
person in line (for ...); person expected to ...
information session; briefing; explanatory meeting
bolt from the blue; great surprise
that is to say; so that means
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
public commitment; public promise; campaign pledge; official vow
vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction