fight; fighting spirit; fight!; do your best
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
to be born; to come into this world
quirk of fate; curious coincidence; happy chance
to decorate with many bright colours (colors); to create a beautiful variegated pattern; to manipulate skillfully
lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer
indecisively; hesitantly; irresolutely; wishy-washily
little by little; slowly but surely
gradually; day by day; every day; each day
the past; old times; bygone times; days of yore
to become familiar (to one's ears)
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
to show signs; to have symptoms; to give indications (of); to bud; to germinate; to sprout
war; fighting; fierce competition
bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
to lie face down; to lie flat (on one's stomach); to bend down (in submission); to bow down; to (crouch) and hide (behind); to conceal oneself; to lie down (and sleep)
individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)
type of occupation; occupational category
owner (esp. of a business)
Boston bag; overnight bag; traveling bag (travelling)
panoramic view; bird's-eye view
to rub; to scrub; to scrape; to draw near; to press
to rise (steeply); to tower; to soar
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction
rough sketch; floor plan; blueprint
10,000,000,000; ten billion
personal funds; one's own money; self-funding
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable