I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
completely exhausted; dog-tired; dreadfully weary; terribly frustrated; limp; weak
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
battlefield; battleground
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
shout of victory; cry of triumph
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
anything and everything; just about everything
standing tall; towering; soaring
great tumult; great strife; big loud bang; bustle; dirdum; hell broken loose
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
reminiscence; nostalgia; thinking fondly of the past; recalling the old days
to lower the curtain; to come to an end
one's brother-in-law; stepbrother (elder)
a few years ago; some years back
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
returning from school; going home from school
cooking expert; culinary researcher
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
multifunction; multipurpose
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill
oversight; omission; mistake
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to beg; to request; to beseech; to implore; to entreat
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)