with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
even though; despite; when
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
older brother; elder brother
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
to watch over; to watch attentively
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
practice; practising; training; study
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
these guys; these fellows
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon