several years; a few years
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
obsession; unreasonable but compulsive idea
sense of relief; feeling of relief
mourning; (arch.) calamity; (arch.) misfortune
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
following one's master into the grave; committing suicide after one's lord has died
to write down; to record; to register
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
Imperial Guard Division (pre-1945)
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
poisonous substance; toxic substance; poison
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
poisoning; kill by poison
hard-to-overcome obstacle; high hurdle; (lit.) thick wall
decorum; propriety; politeness
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
beauty or ugliness; personal appearance; looks
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
index; indices; indicator
to live; to make a living; to get on with
pressure; clamping; tightening; fastening
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to repeat; to be frequent
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
patching up (e.g. a failure); covering up (e.g. a mistake); glossing over