healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
serious; not joking; straight
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
audience; spectator; spectators
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
participants; participating athletes
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
several people; a few people
whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
trivial; not amounting to much
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
scale; scope; plan; structure
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
on the wane (e.g. popularity of something); decline of one's fortunes
these guys; these fellows
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
slight; insignificant; small
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
it's not like; it isn't as if
on bad terms; at loggerheads
exhibition; exhibition game
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
decision of a contest; finals (in sports)
form; method; system; formula
not the norm; foolish; stupid
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so