defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
to stay up all night; to sit up all night; to do something all night
restoration; repair; mending
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
successively; one after another
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
to be discouraged; to be disheartened
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
person who oversleeps; sleepyhead
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
to telephone; to make a phone call
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning