corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
participation; joining; entry; adherence
lightning strike; thunderbolt; bolt of lightning; to strike (lightning); to be struck by lightning
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
university (college) professor
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
professor; teaching; instruction
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
powerful person; influential person
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth