to attack; to assault; to assail
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (e.g. economy); losing momentum
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
preservation; retainment; keeping
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
cesspool; sink; manure sink
at least; at most; (even) just
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
to pressure; to put pressure (on); to press
for example; for instance; e.g.
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
figure; form; figurine; model figure; figure skating
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
steel; steal (baseball, basketball)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)