to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
at first; in the beginning; originally
fortune; fate; chance; coincidence; (stroke of) luck
bombing (shelling) the wrong target; (be killed by) friendly fire
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
rapid development; rapid unfolding
victim; injured party; sufferer
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
powerless; weak; lacking physical strength; incompetent; lacking ability; powerless
lack of ability; incompetence; incapacity
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
no matter how much time passes; no matter how long you wait; (taking) forever
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle; twinkling; glistening
fast-talking; rapid talking
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
to break the silence; to break one's silence
three; three years of age
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
bygones; the past; past event
going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling
vigorous for one's age; active despite one's years; hale and hearty; full of beans
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
shallow thinking; imprudence; rashness; quick temper; short temper
this (very thing); this precisely
waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors); bringing something up after the fact; revealing something afterwards; holding back until the last minute
and; thereupon; because of that
self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
to denounce; to disparage; to lambast; to abuse
plus; addition; positive (number); plus sign; positive symbol; advantage; plus
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
prudent; thoughtful; discreet