participation (in a tournament, match, race, etc.); entry; appearance (on the stage, television, etc.); exiting (a venue, train station, etc.); exit; being dispatched (of an ambulance, fire engine, etc.)
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
special training; intensive training; crash course
to (dramatically) fall over; to fall flat
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
bad feeling; cares; ill feeling; grudge; sense of discomfort; discontent
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
settlement; solution; resolution
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)
dozens; scores of; decades
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention