no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
time; season; period; phase; stage
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
to subsist; to keep on living
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
being bad at communication; being unsociable
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily
performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent
head; brains; intelligence
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter; scornful laughter; snicker; snigger
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook