ten; 10; ten years of age
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
within; inside of; less than
maintenance; preservation; improvement
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
such; like that; in that way
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
promotion (school, military, etc.)
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
when it becomes; when it comes to
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to cease; to stop; to be over
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
curiosity; inquisitiveness
conflict; fighting each other
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
anything and everything; just about everything
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
social conditions; social situation; state of society; social landscape; social climate
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
feigned innocence or naivete; beguiling innocence; wolf in sheep's clothing
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
worthless; shit; disparaging; demeaning
to speak ill of; to disparage
and then; and so; and; so then