real life; actual life; everyday life
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
indiscriminate shooting; random shooting; firing blindly
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
one part; one portion; one section
to fall off; to tumble down
unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly
foolhardiness; recklessness; savage valour; savage valor; brute courage
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
brain work; mental work; nonmanual labor
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
the other day; a few days ago
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
rapid-service train; rapid train
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
housing district; residential district
living by oneself; living alone
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
while moving; on the move
to lose one's way; to get lost
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
not worth considering; out of the question
shop; small store; business; firm
intersection on a go board
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
familiarity with the land; locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law