straight-sets victory; straight-set win
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
to beat around the bush; to not speak frankly; to talk in a roundabout way
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
a laughingstock; a standing joke
end of a road; end of a street
Buddha's death; very unlucky day (according to old almanacs)
to be saucy (of children); to be impudent; to be cheeky; to be sassy; to be precocious
surroundings; circumference
unknown; unidentified; unspecified
thereafter; after doing that; followed by
ouch!; hot, hot, hot!; something hot; fire
adaptability; capacity for adaptation
special program; special programme
Champagne glass; Champagne flute
to say a word; to say something; to speak briefly; to give a quick holler; to let (someone) know
rough deposits; rough surface; roughness
with (the sound of) clashing swords; (arguing) fiercely; heatedly; vehemently
proposal; offer; request; application
repechage; revival series
taste for the simple and quiet; rustic simplicity; austere refinement; enjoyment of a quiet life
mechanical ineptitude; being hopeless with machines
the ostentation (bad taste) of the nouveau riche; air of vulgar prosperity
cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
broad; vast; boundless; wide
this and that (esp. complaining or protesting); something or other
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
chief umpire; referee (soccer, boxing, etc.)
passing away; death; dying words; death poem (poem written during one's final moments)
hesitation; hindrance; washroom
to put on a bold front; to act big; to be unyielding; to act formally; to act stiffly
dunce; blockhead; inattentive person; (lit.) (a) lantern at noon
chafing; sore; scrape; scratch; mark; rub