The Boxing Business
The Publishing Business
The False Memory Business
The Diamond Business
The Gothic Business
5
Before a fight, the boxers get dressed and put on their 1)________ in the 2)________.
What are gloves and a dressing-room?
5
Writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme
What is a verse?
5
The palms being wet or clammy, often due to sweating
What are moist hands?
5
A hard, white material from the tusks (traditionally from elephants) and teeth of animals
What is ivory?
5
Relating to the countryside; rural
What is rustic?
10
A special section of a sports stadium or arena that is set up for the media to report about a given event
What is a press box?
10
To write (something) quickly
What is to jot?
10
The process of diminishing in clarity, detail, or strength over time
What is memories fade?
10
The action or offence of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things
What is a blasphemy?
10
Extremely unpleasant and very upsetting or frightening
What is nightmarish?
15
When a tired muscle does this, it becomes very tight, causing sudden severe pain
What is cramping?
15
To be retired with a pension
What is to be superannuated?
15
the way someone earns the money needed to live
What is bread and butter?
15
To treat with a great lack of respect, or to refuse something because you think it is wrong or not acceptable
What is to scorn?
15
Involving or showing violence and bloodshed
What is gory?
20
Bad feelings between people because of things that happened in the past
What is ill-will?
20
The feeling that a person or a thing is worthless or beneath consideration
What is contempt?
20
Humorously, but in an unkind way that shows you do not respect someone or something
What is sardonically?
20
To give way to arguments, demands, or pressure
20
More closely connected to spiritual things than to the ordinary things of life
What is otherworldly?
25
It can occur when someone takes a direct hit or injury to the outer ear
What is a cauliflower ear?
25
To give someone a lot of attention and treat them well
What is to make a fuss of someone?
25
A long and complicated statement or story, sometimes one that is not true
What is song-and-dance?
25
(of a sound) loud and resonant, with a mournful tone
What is plangent (протяжный, заунывный)?
25
of very great excellence or beauty
(of a person's attitude or behaviour) extreme or unparalleled
What is sublime?