record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute
impossible; unlikely; improbable
everything; anything; nothing
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to lose one's way; to be at a loss
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
wherein; therein; thereinto
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle; fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
selection; choice; option
behavioral principle; principle (value) governing one's conduct
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
(not) even once; (not) ever
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
to use one's own judgement; to not be swayed by others; to have confidence in oneself
to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
difficult to ...; hard to ...
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
to search for; to seek for; to look for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed