nod; inclination of the head
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
war or military record; score; military achievements; results
loss; defeat; counter for losses
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
leap; jump; stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; rapid progress; dramatic development
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; being in close proximity; being adjacent
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
(corrugated) cardboard; cardboard box; carton
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
talking while standing; standing around talking
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
it's not over yet; you haven't seen anything yet; it's not over until the fat lady sings; it's too soon to tell; we're not out of the woods
well done!; nice try!; well fought!
easy to deal with; tractable; manageable
to lose heart; to lose motivation
disturbance; confusion; perturbation; commotion; turbulence
to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge
coaching; couching (stitch)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
practice by repetition; learning by rote
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
simple honesty; tactless frankness
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)