bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
pointing out; identification
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
tracing back; retroactivity
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
fighting bravely; strenuous efforts
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
(establishing a) big lead; (winning by a) huge margin; breaking away (from the field)
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
to be fated to; be linked by fate
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
unexpected meeting; coincidence
vote; ballot; label; ticket; tag
personal statement; verbal or informal, unsubstantiated assertion
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
taking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
clear profit; great profit (without any investment)
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
until now; so far; up to the present
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to pick up; to find; to gather
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that