former girlfriend; ex-girlfriend
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to subsist; to keep on living
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
reality; actuality; hard fact
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
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
100,000; hundred thousand
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
how many people; a number of people
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to be pleased; to gloat; to glow with self-satisfaction
alone; by oneself; on one's own
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only