to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
during; for the duration of
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
second (unit of time); arc second
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
new student; freshman; first-year student
exhibition game; friendly match; friendly; interleague game between the Central and Pacific baseball leagues
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to become clumsy; to miss one's aim
pitch that hits the batter
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
to save; to leave over; to spare
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
proposal; proposition; suggestion
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
regret; repentance; remorse
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
senior high school; high school
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
stroke; caress; soft (object); dreamlike (object); tender (object)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize