contest (between performers); competitive performance; competition between theatres putting on the same show
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
youthful; young; young-looking
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
to be possible (in terms of time, money, etc.); to be able (to do); to fit (schedule, budget)
old woman; joker (in old maid)
one's (living) environment
negative; negative (e.g. thinking)
to be overcome with emotion
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
two days later; day after next; next day but one
registering (a marriage, etc.) in the family register
to manipulate figures to one's advantage; to count wrongly on purpose; to inflate or deflate one's age
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
two days before yesterday; three days back (ago)
guess; speculation; supposition
tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration
flour; meal; powder; heroin
fierce fight; close contest
double suicide; lovers' suicide; group suicide; family suicide; dedication to the point of self-sacrifice
(a place) out of one's reach
spotlight; close observation
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
summer clothes; summer wear; summer uniform
to speak with an accent; to mispronounce; to be corrupted (of word)
stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade
dietitian; (licensed) nutritionist
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
first period (e.g. first class in school day)
nth period (e.g. nth class in school day)
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
aloes wood (Taxus cuspidata var. nana); aloes-wood perfume; aloes-wood incense
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; here and there; (sound of) walking slowly
lengthy (of a book, etc.); voluminous; most (e.g. most part); greater; fairly