to badger; to pester; to beg
to dash off; to write freely
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
along the road; along the way
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
decisive defeat; rout; thrashing; losing big
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)
university entrance examination
rising; exacerbated; exasperated; accelerated; aggravated
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
(young) person subsisting on part-time work; person whose livelihood is provided by part-time work
freedom; free; open; unrestricted
long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
descriptive (narrative) part
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
I couldn't care less; not caring less
clear solution; clean decision
to fan; to incite; to instigate
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting
brink of death; time to give up; knowing when to give up
step-up; advance; progress; increase
to agree on; to agree about
by mutual agreement; by mutual consent
hegemony; leadership; initiative
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
release; liberation; acquittal