to have a flag set (indicates the setting of a variable that determines, for example, how a game will end)
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
with a bang (of a gun); with a boom (of artillery); with a thud; with a thump
sympathy; compassion; pity
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to go straight to one's head (of alcohol); to feel the effects (of an illness); to lose one's wits
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
brown bear (Ursus arctos)
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
to achieve; to win; to gain; to attain
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
on the other hand; at the same time
to be lifted up (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to be raised; to be hoisted; to turn upward (esp. of eyes); to slant upward
triangle; triangular shape
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in (e.g. mud); to get bogged down in; to get lodged in
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
carrying voice; well-projected voice
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
to squeeze out; to wring out
had better ...; may as well ...
attention seeker; look-at-me
as you see; as you can see; in accordance with what you see
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
(not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) altogether
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
to be outpushed; to lose a pushing competition
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities