to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in
how can (one) do something
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
quarrelsome; easy to anger; quick to lose temper
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
junior high school student; middle school pupil
how long; how much; to what extent
nightlife; night amusements
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
returning from school; going home from school
to be plump; to be chubby
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to behave violently; to commit violence; to use force
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying
hospitalization; hospitalisation
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
one eye; one of one's eyes
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
genuine; authentic; true; real
personality; character; individuality; personhood
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
anything and everything; just about everything
to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings