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(n.) bottleneck

(v.) judge (a competition), appraise

(n.) ordinary days, weekdays (as opposed to holidays, festivals or weekends)

(v./n.) evaluate; commentator, evaluator, judge

(phr.) (strangers) meet by chance

(n.) judge; member of a review committee

(adj.) steady, smooth and steady, stable

(v.) to calm down, to quiet down; to put down, to suppress, to quell

(n.) proof, certificate, evidence

(v.) pour cold water on (dampen the enthusiasm of)

(v.) solve a case

(v.) eradicate, do away with

(v.) explain; unravel, decipher, decode; to resolve, to solve

(adj.) old and shabby, overused

(v.) break, fracture, burst, split, crack

(v.) be shattered, be annihilated (of hope, illusions, etc.), be ruined

(v.) force, oblige, enforce, coerce

(v.) be tattered, be broken; shatter, crush

(n.) poker card game

(v.) to pave a way or road; to create a condition or opportunity for sth

(idiom.) come from straight ahead, (figuratively) be greeted

(n.) bodhisattva, saint

(n./v.) music score; fair amount of confidence; airs, haughty manners; to compose (music) | (char.) record for easy...

(v.) to infuse (with boiling water)

(n./v.) paint, lacquer; to coat with lacquer

(adj.) pitch-black, completely dark

(v.) expect, look forward to

(adj.) odd, strange

(v.) fake, cheat, deceive

(phr.) clash of opinions, all sorts of gossip, all talking at once

(v.) pray, say one's prayers

(n.) spectacle, wonderful sight

(adj.) rugged, bumpy

(adj.) peculiar, unusual

(v.) set out, set in motion, start (of some activity)

(v.) leave, set out, start on a journey

(v.) enlighten, inspire

(adj.) vigorous, energetic, enthusiastic, having high spirits

(nphr.) starting line (for a race)

(v.) beg for, supplicate, implore, fall on one's knees