repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to go straight to one's head (of alcohol); to feel the effects (of an illness); to lose one's wits
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to take advantage of (someone's) weakness
time; hour; period; class
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
opening and shutting; opening and closing
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
number one; first; best; most; game; round
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
existence; being; presence
to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
to fall; to drop; to fail (an exam); to lose (a contest, election, etc.); to be unsuccessful
losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; (lit.) having lost the interest and the principal
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
a puff; a smoke; (short) rest; break; one dose (of medicine or poison); (brief) lull
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me