(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
minute adjustment; fine tuning
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
event; phenomenon; matter
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
door; gate; opening; title page
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
like this; this sort; this way
to apologize; to apologise
you; (arch.) your residence
to make a cynical remark (about); to make a sarcastic remark (about); to satirize; to mock
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
in accordance with; according to
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
sweet (taste); luscious; sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
weather; look of the sky; situation; turn of affairs; signs
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly