performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
tenosynovitis; tendonitis; tendinitis
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
interesting; fascinating; intriguing; amusing; funny; comical
result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; effect; use; benefit
to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple
to run into (room, building, etc.); to go for long training runs
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
washing; laundry; relaxation; rejuvenation; melting away (of worries, fatigue, etc.)
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
from the viewpoint of; according to
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
troublesome; annoying; complicated
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
dangling; swaying; (walking) leisurely; aimlessly; idly; lazily
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
tingling; stinging; pungently
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
to bark; to howl; to howl (of the wind); to roar (of the sea); to yell; to shout
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to settle accounts
to come to one's senses; to calm down