near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
difficult, dirty, and dangerous (work); apartment with three bedrooms and a kitchen
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
choo-choo; chug-chug; chuff-chuff; brush-brush; scrub-scrub
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
war or military record; score; military achievements; results
loss; defeat; counter for losses
judgement; judgment; decision; ruling; finding; adjudication
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to provide momentum; to give a boost to; to encourage; to spur; to stimulate
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
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)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
extremely; very; really; super; so
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
second (unit of time); arc second
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no