talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
after that; afterwards; thereafter
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
fort; stronghold; fortification
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
to become possible; to become able to (do)
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
pill; birth-control pill; oral contraceptive; the pill
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
spiced sake (served at New Year's)
gluttony; satiation; engorgement
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity