after a long time; for the first time in a while
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
so; therefore; and; (and) then
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
return to one's country; return to one's hometown
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
way; method; means; resource; course
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; card; program
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to reduce (one's) speed; to slow down (driving, cycling, etc.)
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
rival; competitor; competition
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to scold; to tell (someone) off
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
will; volition; intention; intent; determination