barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
striking; remarkable; considerable
results; record; grades; marks
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
study; pursuit of knowledge
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
look who's talking; I don't want to hear it from you; are you in any position to say that?
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to press a question; to cross-examine
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
self-sufficiency; self-containment; autonomy; self-absorption
unrequited love; one-sided love
to continue to do; to persist in doing
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
after making the rounds; after having passed through many hands; after going through many places; eventually
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
that's the way it is; such is life
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
sense of values; values; value system
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
senior high school; high school
different kind (species, variety); heterologous; heterogenous