introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
duty; obligation; responsibility
hidden ball trick; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
meeting place; rendezvous (point); roll-call (assembly) point; appointed (designated) place
successively; one after another
to find out; to discover; to locate
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
decision; ruling; award; arbitration
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
pretending not to recognize (recognise); feigned ignorance
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
festival; feast; carnival
preference; priority; precedence
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
chief; main; principal; major
sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)
soccer club (at a school); football club
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
much less; to say nothing of
to be damaged; to receive damage
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
cased; boxed; precious; cherished; girl who has been sheltered from the world; one's special talent
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
the staff; inside the department
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
decision; determination; resolution
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
cloud of dust (sand, etc.)
lime; quicklime; caustic lime
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous