at this stage; at this point; (only) now
free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
painstaking (e.g. effort); excruciating (e.g. hard work); grueling
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
day after day; day by day
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
armrest (of a chair); elbow rest
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to carry; to bring (to a place)
to replace; to change (for a new one); to renew; to reassign (an expense); to charge (to a different account); to shift (a loss)
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
damn it; damn; beast; animal; person reborn into the animal realm; brute
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
resentful; bitter; reproachful; regrettable; disappointing; frustrating
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
to be driven into a corner; to be left with nowhere to turn; to be in a dilemma; to be unable to go forward or backward; to be stranded; to get stuck
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
estate sale; estate liquidation
as a child; when one was a child
to badger; to pester; to beg