eight; eight (rowing boat)
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to stand up; to get up; to recover; to regain one's energy; to (stand up and) take action; to rise up (against); to rise (from a crouch) and make the initial charge
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
and yet; though; when; in spite of
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
one's original intention; one's initial enthusiasm; inexperience; naivety; greenness
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
X; x; unknown quantity; an unknown
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch