bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
probe each other; sound each other out
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
non-stop talking; speaking indiscreetly; chattering; thin; flimsy
risky; dangerous; insecure
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
hostile; adversarial; antagonistic
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
property; fortune; assets
game theory; theory of games
prisoner's dilemma; prisoners' dilemma
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
returning tit for tat; retaliating
whispered conversation; whispering
wearing (e.g. uniform, seat belt); having on
to make a self-satisfied face; to look smug
to be rejuvenated; to feel young again
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
outbreak of an illness; onset of an illness; appearance of symptoms
come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness