to recognize by sound (recognise); to identify by sound; to understand; to be reasonable
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
quarrel; dispute; argument
overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
reason; cause; circumstances
tolerant; big; flexible; big-hearted; accepting; open-minded
appointing to a responsible post; making much of
changing (job, career, lifestyle, social position, beliefs, etc.)
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
calamity; disaster; misfortune
scale; scope; plan; structure
to assemble (in a hall); to meet together (in a room)
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
study; research; investigation
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed