retry; another try; another go
decision; determination; resolution
personal affair; one's own affair
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
sympathy; compassion; pity
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
remembering; recollection; recall; to remember; to recall; to recollect
to complete decisively; to do to completion
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
immediately; right away; on the spot
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
heart disease; heart trouble; cardiopathy
gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
legislating; legislation; passage of a bill into law
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
to take a breath; to take a short rest
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
bright person; talented student; prodigy
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
by some chance; somehow; in some way; somehow or other; one way or another; by any means possible
complications (in an illness)