number one; first; best; most; game; round
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
because of; owing to; due to
spoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up; destroyed
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
rage; fury; exasperation; indignation
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
interruption; suspension; break
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
inborn nature; genuine; intrinsic; essential
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
little by little; bit by bit
second (unit of time); arc second
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
spine; backbone; spinal column
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
to become frightened; to get scared; to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to get cold feet
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
name; given name; first name
meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
that is to say; so that means
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr