mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
genuine; authentic; true; real
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
starting in advance; starting first; going first; starting (in team sports)
pitcher; pitcher (container); jug
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
transfer (of one's name into another family register); transfer (to another team, company, etc.)
nine; team; players on a team; no
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
to become settled; to be fixed
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
light; right; right field; right fielder
first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace