year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
(short) rest; breather; break
revenge; making a new attempt where one previously failed; determination of a loser to win the next time
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
in one's own way or style
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
another; different; something else
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
practice, practice, practice; (only) practice makes perfect
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to telephone; to make a phone call
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
murder; killing; murderer
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
foreign; abroad; overseas
going through; going via; going by way of
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence