table tennis club; ping-pong club
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
passing (an exam); pass; success; meeting (specifications, standards, etc.); passing (inspection); qualification
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
this and that; various things
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
library (usu. single-room); small library
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
to be too late; to be too slow
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
while studying; presently studying
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
in the background; not standing out
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être; ikigai
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to take (a photograph); to record (audio or video); to film; to shoot
useless resistance; vain struggle
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
assertion; declaration; affirmation
social withdrawal (in schizophrenia); autosynnoia; social isolation; autism
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
to be flexible; to be accommodating
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run; to start moving (e.g. a vehicle); to take off; to get under way
brake; drag; skid; brake (on inflation, spending, etc.); check; restraint