understanding completely; understanding all there is to know
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to subsist; to keep on living
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
token (effort); something done for form's sake
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
rationalization; justification
a few years ago; some years back
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
feeling; sense; impression
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to complete decisively; to do to completion
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
scoundrel; rascal; villain
formal; proper; prescribed; conventional; stereotypical
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
calamity; disaster; accident
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
surveillance system; monitoring system
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign