efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
meanwhile; in the meantime
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
participation; joining; entry; adherence
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
clear; precise; definite; distinct
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
comfort; consolation; diversion
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to be too late; to be too slow
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
failure; mistake; blunder
to lose heart; to lose motivation
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
late blooming (flower, talent); late flowering
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
menial; meanness; servility; abject
reading too much into (what ... says)
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
partly open; in half bloom
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to allow a less skilled person to practice with one (esp. in sumo)
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
to watch over; to watch attentively