companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
phoenix (bird of Egyptian mythology); phoenix (any palm tree of genus Phoenix, incl. the date palm)
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
originally; by nature; from the start
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
again; once more; a second time
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to collect; to assemble; to gather
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
how; in what way; how about
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that