trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
finish; finishing; finishing touches
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
essence; true nature; substance; reality
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
absolutely; definitely; unconditionally
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
murder; killing; murderer
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation
to approach; to draw near
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
to bring (someone into a place); to lead into
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment