sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to become loose; to slacken; to soften
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
railroad; railway; rail transport
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
stopover (during a train or bus journey)
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
baseball stadium; ballpark
ballade (narrative poetry, musical composition); ballad (popular song)
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
few decades; many decades; several decades
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
very; greatly; exceedingly
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth