half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
acquired (e.g. characteristic); learned (e.g. behaviour); a posteriori
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
freely; right and left; as one pleases
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
presumably; conceivably; in my opinion; in my view; I think (that); upon thought
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
life; living; I; me; student
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
using all one's strength; using all one's might
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
stepwise; one step at a time
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to kill; to choke the life out of
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
dirty work; unpleasant task
role; part; job; assignment
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
crack; fissure; rift (in a relationship); split; crack
quantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.); heat value; calorific value; (degree of) enthusiasm; zeal; passion
to spend time (on doing something)
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
general idea; concept; notion
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
health; healthy; sound; fit
utmost limits; extremity; limit
(opening of a) wound; cut