active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
impassioned speech; fervent speech
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
a handful (of); small amount (of); small number (of); trouncing; crushing
stopper; cork; plug; tap; faucet; stopcock
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
to become complicated; to become intricate; to become tangled
at that time; in those days
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
drinking straight from a bottle
a little; a bit; a small amount; a little while; a short time; a moment
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
battlefield; battleground
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
bad reputation; poor reception; unpopularity; disrepute
to make out with; to make cozy with (cosy); to do at one's own discretion
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
mask; striking the head (kendo)
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
going to and fro; back and forth
number; number plate; license plate
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
dear (old); good old; longed-for; classic; nostalgic
news (from someone); letter; contact; (someone's) whereabouts; (someone's) movements
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
the same generation; coeval