electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
novel; story; (work of) fiction
at; in; at; when; by; with
gold prize; gold award; gold medal; first-place prize
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to say; to be called; to do
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
while; during; performed in this condition
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to spew venom; to speak ill (of people)
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
hitting endlessly; beating up comprehensively