to badger; to pester; to beg
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
action; operation; process; agency; effect; function
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
outrageous; wild (ambition, idea, etc.); crazy; inordinate; extravagant (e.g. claims); audacious
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
senior high school; high school
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
to come back; to bloom a second time
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; requesting a video review (of a referee's call)
tendency to become totally absorbed in something; monomania; perfectionism; susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders
thorough; exhaustive; complete
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
three; three years of age
only; merely; but; no more than
inferiority complex; sense of inferiority
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
unsuitable; inappropriate; improper
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
intropunitive; self-punishing
pushing; support; backing; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
one's frame of mind; way one looks at things
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful