startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
generation (e.g. power); sending a telegram; telegraphing
electricity; (electric) light
ago; since; before; previous
railway vehicle; railroad vehicle
lever used to control the speed of a train
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
at once; immediately; right now
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
several minutes; a few minutes
to fray one's nerves; to wear out one's nerves; to frazzle one's nerves; to be a nervous wreck
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
trauma (usu. psychological)
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
frame; flame (abusive or threatening message)
to do someone in; to bump someone off
to rage; to be fierce; to be excited
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart