expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
life; living; I; me; student
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical); melting; liquefying; fusion
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
release; emission; ejection
from the beginning; from scratch
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
to lure someone; to entice someone
Island; insula; island; islet
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
putting one's courage to the test
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
participation; joining; entry; adherence
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
had better ...; had better not ...
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
failure; mistake; blunder
contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)