tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
myself; yourself; I; me; you
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement