lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
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)
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
in that way; thus; so; so?
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to offer a (monetary) prize
person sought by the police; wanted person; fugitive from justice
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
immense; awesome; enormous; terrific
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed