(establishing a) big lead; (winning by a) huge margin; breaking away (from the field)
first place; head position; leading position
to come back; to bloom a second time
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages
ascetic monk; trainee monk
to be too numerous; to be too much
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
breasts; boobies; tits; breast milk
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
dividing for administrative purposes; partition; division
endless; boundless; everlasting
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
to becalm one's feelings; to compose oneself
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
being left out; being excluded; being ostracized
comma; decimal point; radix point
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
because of; owing to; due to
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
fixed content; settled matter; done deal
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
collective responsibility; joint liability
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
frowning on; looking on with scorn; showing disapproval
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
head-on fight; direct confrontation; head-to-head contest
revenge; making a new attempt where one previously failed; determination of a loser to win the next time
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)