(school) athletic festival; sports day; field day
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
falling plump; falling down flat
exceptional; praiseworthy; laudable
assertion; declaration; affirmation
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
emergency measure; emergency procedures; first-aid treatment; stop-gap treatment; temporary repairs
annual (plant); first-year student
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to make a fool of oneself; to whoop it up; to be on the spree
to skin (one's knee); to graze; to scratch
gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
to become hollow (with age, illness, etc.); to be scrawny; to be thin
to be worried; to be troubled
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
preference; priority; precedence
laughing while reminiscing
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
selection; choice; option
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
desperately; for one's dear life
since one was born; (in) all one's life
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else