(degree of) public interest in forthcoming event or performance; advance reviews
to come off; to be worn off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour
contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game
cost-cutting; cost reduction
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
according to (depending on) the mood of the moment; as one's fancy dictates
leaving a matter to chance
within the next couple of days; in a day or two
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
shortish; rather short; somewhat short
fixed lateral; fixed side; fixed part
outside world; physical world
executable (e.g. executable file); capable of putting into practice
to pull tight; to brace; to tighten
to be strangled; to be constricted
to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one's eyes
slinging (on cranes, etc.)
dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo
heavy machinery; heavy equipment; heavy machine gun
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star
all-out confrontation; total confrontation
soundly (of sleeping); (sleeping) like a log
hazing; gruelling training; waistband; woman's undergirdle
keeping soil in good condition
rice cultivation; rice farming
main purpose; primary objective
in terms of; from the point of view of