pride; boast; credit (to)
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
to go after one's dreams; to follow one's dreams; to pursue one's dreams
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
wonderful; splendid; magnificent; exceeding; incredible; remarkable
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
calculating; sly; cunning; flirty; flirtatious
to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way
chance (of success); odds
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
dream for the future; hopes for the future
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
heartbreak; grief; sorrow
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
fair and square; open and aboveboard; bold and forthright
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
to complete decisively; to do to completion
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal
in a hurry; hurriedly; hastily; helter-skelter; hurry-scurry; in a panic
to triumph; to be elated with success
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
health; healthy; sound; fit
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
alright to do; can do; do not mind doing; gladly do; might as well do
to leak (urine, feces); to soil one's pants; to dump (untreated waste, sewage, etc.); to discharge (untreated effluent); to leak (information, secrets, etc.); to bleed (a deficit, losses, etc.)
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to cut one's own throat; to dig one's own grave; to cause oneself harm; to bring ruin on oneself
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out
real experience; actual observations
job hunting; job searching