cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
regret; repentance; remorse
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke
generation of students educated under the "pressure-free" system (from the late 1970s onward)
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
number of times; frequency; count
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to happen to have on hand or in stock
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance