to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to live
steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
to build; to construct; to put up; to build up (a fortune, reputation, enterprise, etc.); to establish (a relationship, system, etc.); to create
self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride
with a clatter; with a rattle; (almost) empty; (mostly) vacant; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
shamelessly; acting brazenly unaffected; being resigned to (disgrace)
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
dull; dreary; dissatisfying; disappointing; unattractive; unappealing
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
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
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
wealth and poverty; rich and poor
difference between the sexes; sexual difference
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
halfway (through, complete); midway
ray of hope; glimmer of hope
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait