dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
how can (one) do something
to be worried; to be troubled
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to detain; to check; to restrain
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
to appease; to suppress; to calm
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
the last moment; the very end
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to clear up; to become cloudless; to be refreshed
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters