to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
music for strings; string music
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
live music or performance
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
damper; mute (on musical instruments)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing
sound; noise; acoustics; reverberation; echo; audio
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
only; prostitute attached to a single member of the postwar Occupation Forces
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
prohibition; inhibition; ban
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
simply; merely; only; solely
again; once more; a second time
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
live (esp. concert, show, etc.); live performance; alive
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
world; society; people; the public
minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)
to perform; to play; to act
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
preparatory phase; preparatory period
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
majority decision; majority vote; majority rule
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience