to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
second day of the month; two days
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
supply; supplying; replenishment
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
to stick it out (until the end)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
want to ... do something; would like to ...
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
meeting; greeting; welcome