guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
good; goodness; right; virtue
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient
see!; didn't I tell you (this would happen)?
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
to jump up and down; to hop
to look down on (someone); to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
to row; to paddle; to pedal (a bicycle, etc.); to swing (on a swing); to work (a hand pump); to push through (a thicket, deep snow, etc.)
on countless occasions; many a time
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
distance travelled; mileage
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; being glad and sad by turns; oscillating between optimism and pessimism
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
special training; intensive training; crash course
in that way; like that; that way
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; annual; annual plant
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
scratch; graze; scrape; abrasion
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to be discouraged; to shrink from
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
physical strength; power; stamina; strength (of a business, economy, etc.)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift