senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
title of honour; title of honor
difficult to ...; hard to ...
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
long ago; a long time ago; already
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
to become better; to improve
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
decision; determination; resolution
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to jump (out of the way); to jump back; to jump aside
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
without leaving any trace
to scatter away; to vanish
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently