to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
distant; remote; isolated
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
feeling of fellowship; fellow feeling
to lure someone; to entice someone
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
two (long cylindrical things)
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
historical graffiti; anonymous satirical graffiti; scrawl; scribble; graffiti
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
to close (one's eyes); to shut
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
head over heels; headlong; head first
gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
because of; owing to; due to
usually; under usual circumstances
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
beyond that point; after that
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air