painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
absolutely; positively; decidedly
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
one more time; once more; once again
bakery; baker; pastry shop
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
in good health; alive and well; going strong
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
extensive; vast range; wide scope
certification; attestation; authentication; Imperial attestation
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
plural; multiple; several
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
making a swift decision; making immediate decisions and taking quick actions
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
jump; jumping event (skiing, track and field); jumping (to another page after clicking a hyperlink); jump (in price); sudden rise
to chase; to run after; to pursue
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho