bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste
malicious; deliberately mean
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming
confusion; distraction; derangement
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
understanding and acceptance; spiritual awakening; a heart that understands truth; (feeling of) resignation
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
to torment by slow degrees; to torture slowly; to drag things out; to reproach in a roundabout way; (lit.) to strangle with floss silk
naked above the waist; stripped to the waist; shirtless
reduction by half; halving
male and female (animals); the two sexes; victory and defeat; strengths and weaknesses
to die by drowning; to drown
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
fate; destiny; predestination
dilettante; person of unusual tastes; person with strange hobbies; person of refined taste; connoisseur
to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
Lorelei (Loreley); Rhine maiden who lured sailors to their doom; rock in the Rhine
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
shh!; shush!; hush!; shoo!; scram!
mockery by means of excessive praise; damning with lavish praise; backhanded compliment
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
to distribute; to portion out; to deal out; to separate (out); to pick out
arrangement (of music); adaptation (of a story, recipe, etc.); interpretation; arranging (objects, a meeting, etc.); organization
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
complete failure; debacle; fiasco; disaster
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
rod; pole; stick; fishing rod
clincher; winning technique; official winning technique