painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
to be needed; to be wanted
survival; survivor; relic
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
stopping of bleeding; stanching; hemostasis; haemostasis
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
a little bit; a little while
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard
to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
time of death; one's final hour; one's end
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
dozens; scores of; decades
depending on; dependent on
light; easy; non-serious; minor
to jump upon (a moving object)
to give; to do (something) for
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
no!; no no!; no, not at all
pro among pros; best of the best; top tier; ultimate professional; player's player
long military service; having experienced many battles
serious; not joking; straight
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
unforeseen; unexpected; sudden; accidental
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit