childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
delivery; handing over; turning over; extradition
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
to say; to be called; to do
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
theatre-going; theater-going
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
firstborn; first child; eldest child
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
originally; by nature; from the start
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
to accept; to receive; to agree
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to stiffen; to become stiff
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
with a start; with a jump
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave
to order; to command; to appoint
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
to yell out loud; to shout loudly; to cry aloud; to scream loudly
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
to raise one's voice; to shout
type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap; wake-up sweets
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
genius; prodigy; natural gift