some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
pessimistic view of life; pessimism
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
it's no joke; gimme a break!
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
to be prolonged; to drag on
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
seeing and hearing; (from) one's own experiences
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
near; close; beside; third person
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
to be twisted; to be wrapped; to be distorted
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
limiter (electronics); (speed) limiter
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
second-year student; biennial
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
to be furious; to seethe with anger; to have one's blood boiling
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
more than anything; above all else
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
composition; constitution
hand used like a sword in striking
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to put into the mouth; to eat
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding