not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
besides; in addition; also; moreover
your husband; her husband
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to name; to call; to christen; to term
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
reaching; attaining; arrival
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
operating ratio; rate of operation; availability factor
assistant ...; probationary ...
please; somehow or other; one way or another
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
core (of planets, stars, galaxies, etc.); nucleus (of comets, galaxies, etc.)
seedbed; nursery; seed-plot
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
detection; sense (e.g. sensor)
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)