the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
completion; finish; workmanship; result; outcome
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
coming; going; being (somewhere); (please) come; go; stay
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
such; this sort of; like this
to recall; to remember; to recollect
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
about; on; regarding; per; for every
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
children's story; fairy tale
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
villain; baddie; the villain's part
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
character; personality; (fictional) character; character
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony; happily; peacefully
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; (arch.) deftly finishing up; (arch.) putting on the final touches
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
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 ...
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common