to break the rules; to violate the rules; to infringe the rules
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
to wash again; to reconsider
to apply the art of resuscitation (in judo, etc.); to breathe life into; to stimulate; to encourage someone
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
training room (hall); gymnasium
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
star (cinema, sports, etc.); celebrity; star symbol; asterisk; (celestial) star
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
(person) seeming like a genius; (having) the temperament of a prodigy
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
acting ability; talent as a performer
to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)
difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them
production (e.g. play); direction
to become settled; to be fixed
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
outside one's jurisdiction
furious facial expression
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
launching; launch; end (of a theatrical run, etc.); closing party (e.g. a theater show); cast party
crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
to harmonize; to harmonise; to be in harmony; to say the same thing in unison (inadvertently)