to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
good prospects; full of hope; promising
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
hope; white hope; person of promise
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
simple honesty; tactless frankness
single-minded (esp. personality or person); one-track mind
such ... as; or some such
to disperse; to take a castle
thunderous roar; roaring sound
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to lose completely; to waste; to let slip away
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
test of one's strength; test of one's ability
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
sixth year of elementary school; sixth year elementary school student
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)