praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
embarrassed smile; embarrassed laugh; bashful smile
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
my sympathies; that's too bad; my condolences
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
physical education; PE; gym (class)
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
society; public; community; social studies
service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
dribble (of a ball or puck); dribbling
shooting (a ball); shot (on basket, at goal, etc.); shoot (of a tree or plant); chute; shuuto; shootball
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
three-quarter; half coat; top coat
local rule; house rule; ground rule
match; game; bout; contest
number of times; frequency; count
Japanese laurel; spotted laurel; Aucuba japonica; live tree
judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; referee; umpire
scoring; score; points made; marks obtained; goals; runs
not yet known; unknown; strange
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to be intimate with; to befriend
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
passing (a test, examination, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); (giving something a) pass; skipping (one's turn)
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
to score a goal (basket, etc.); to sink a shot
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet