to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
while alive; during one's lifetime
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
to like; to love; to be fond of
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
by myself; in person; by oneself
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
antiquity; the previous era
something like ...; something called ...
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
luckily; blessedly; fortunately