life; living; I; me; student
one-by-one; separately; in detail
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
to cause laughter; to extract a smile
to cease; to stop; to be over
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
windmill; wind turbine; pinwheel (toy); windmill (toy); Clematis patens (species of climbing plant)
to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
long metal chopsticks (for handling charcoal, esp. in a brazier); fire tongs
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
death due to shock (triggered by blood loss, heart failure or other causes)
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
(military) expedition; campaign; expedition (for exploration, research, etc.); travelling (a long way); tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.)
even though; despite; notwithstanding
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
to have no chance (of succeeding)
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
to one's heart's content or satisfaction
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
origin; source; beginning; starting point