serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
to go after one's dreams; to follow one's dreams; to pursue one's dreams
speculator; adventurer; imposter; prospector
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
bento; Japanese box lunch
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
had better ...; had better not ...
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to recall; to remember; to recollect
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
since one was born; (in) all one's life
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
salty sea breeze; salt wind
fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown
(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
preparing one's own lunch; bringing one's own lunch; paying for one's own lunch; working without pay; volunteer work
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to cease; to stop; to be over
passing shower; streaks of pouring rain