to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
boy; son; baby boy; young man
hospitalization; hospitalisation
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
pessimism; disappointment
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
almost; roughly; approximately
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to spend time (on doing something)
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to pass (of time); to elapse
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
frame for drying clothes; clotheshorse
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle