contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.); working out (a solution)
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
reinforcement; strengthening
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
whispering; murmuring; subdued
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
being up to the person himself
steady; sound; reliable; solid
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
at least; at most; (even) just
novice; beginner; starting to run; running off; running away
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to