breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
to spend time (on doing something)
imposing stance; daunting pose
rhythmical; rhythmic; well-paced
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid
to catch off guard; to catch unprepared
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
fire arrow; incendiary arrow; rocket
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
as much as one can; as much as possible
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
ingenuity; resourcefulness
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
apprehensive; vaguely fearful; gloomy (about the future); somewhat alarmed
to change completely; to change suddenly
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
to strike out; to start swimming
dead center; (right in the) middle; midst; midst (e.g. of a storm); heyday; (the) height (e.g. of a debate)
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
to put it in an extreme way; to put it in extreme terms
to be born; to come into this world
sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
to make an onslaught (on); to close in (on)
on the strength of numbers
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting