to burst (open); to break; to split
bad influence; negative influence
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
simple honesty; tactless frankness
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
not yet fixed; undecided; pending
hitting a ball; batting; stroke
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
using one's own judgement; making up one's own mind; judging for oneself
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
before the week is out; before the week is over; within the week; sometime this week
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
alternately; by turns; one after the other
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
time limit; closing day; deadline
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
unprecedented; never seen before
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening