judo practitioner; judoka
to work together; to strive together; (lit.) to form a tag team
to be overcome with emotion
annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
uncertain; transient; changeable
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
hurrying (to somewhere); rushing; hastening; express (train)
ratification; confirmation
sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain
visual confirmation; sighting
adversary; opposition; hostile forces
entry; approach; penetration
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
Orthros (two-headed dog from Greek mythology)
siren (in Greek mythology)
to get lost; to lose one's bearings; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be tempted; to be seduced
to keep (a person) waiting
shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (e.g. economy); losing momentum
performing without rehearsal
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
feeling of fellowship; fellow feeling
sulking in bed; going to bed in a huff
to fade into dusk; to fade into twilight; to decline; to wane; to look melancholic (of a person)
craft; cunning; guile; serpentine wisdom
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste