(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
in general; on the whole; for the most part; by and large; almost all
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
sympathy; empathy; response
point in common; common feature
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
one cause; one reason; one factor
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
quarrel; dispute; argument
primary school; elementary school; grade school
lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
very young; little; childish; immature
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
one day; (on) a certain day
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
fragile item; broken article
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
to blow through; to blow across
to comfort; to console; to amuse
solitude; loneliness; isolation
irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock