participants; participating athletes
investment; contribution; financing
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to push aside; to push one's way through
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
center; centre; metropolis
naturally; of course; understandably
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
adds force or indicates command
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
guts; pluck; nerve; spirit
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)
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
ten; 10; ten years of age
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent