dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to turn; to shift; to switch; to change; to alter
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
(not) even once; (not) ever
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
advance (into a new market, industry, etc.); expansion (into); launch (into); advance (to the next round of a competition)
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
overall victory; championship; winning the title; (being in) heaven; bliss; perfect contentment
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
captain; commander; commanding officer; leader
nth-year student; nth-year pupil
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...
virile; tough; masculine; sharp (features, look, etc.); fierce; dauntless
(a person's) appearance; looks
that year; same year; same age
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
to be prominent; to be conspicuous; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be remarkable; to be striking
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
calm; composed; leisurely
to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter
large tree; big tree; huge tree