playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
it is not (like that) either
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
having enough of (food, drink, etc.); having one's fill; fully enjoying
school festival; campus festival
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
sleepover; overnight stay
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
to surge; to well up; to gush out
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
who cares?; I don't give a damn; what does it matter?
I have nothing to do with it
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
God; god; ace; king; superior person
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
middle and high-school students
must-read; required reading
crude; philistine; uncultivated; uneducated; vulgar
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
sensitivity (e.g. of a measuring instrument); reception (radio, TV, etc.); sensitivity (of film)
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects