but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
decision; settlement; definition
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
environment; circumstance
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
sympathy; compassion; pity
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
base (e.g. of a triangle); low class; low in social standing; base (e.g. of support); foundation
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to win through (e.g. to the next round); to win game after game; to achieve a final victory; to fight to the end and win; to come out on top
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
first experience (of something); first sexual experience
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
once in a lifetime; once in one's life
memories; recollections; reminiscence
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
one of these days; someday; one day
conviction; belief; confidence
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort