secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
calendar year; civil year; time; year after year
undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck
to paint a picture; to draw a picture
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
to (go into a) sulk; to get cranky; to get cross; to become perverse
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
discipline; punishment; reprimand
looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)
(stroke of) luck; (unexpected) good fortune; godsend; windfall
note; memorandum; memo; memoirs; personal account
to read and understand; to interpret (e.g. a difficult text); to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
to give up (an idea or plan); to abandon; to refrain from (doing); to change one's mind
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
knowledge; information; opinion; view
walking heavily; lumbering
to happen to hear; to overhear
fight; fighting spirit; fight!; do your best
cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes; remains (of war dead)
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
to view in a favourable light; to look favourably on
desertion in the face of the enemy; deserting under enemy fire
battlefield; battleground
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
chillingly; shiveringly; with goosebumps; uncomfortably; restlessly
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation; anatta; anatman; doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
feature of the season; something characteristic of a particular season; poem about natural scenery or a particular season
discretion; consideration; allowance
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester