thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to become better; to improve
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to do drugs; to take (illicit) drugs
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...
emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to take the blame; to take responsibility; to assume liability; to bear the burden
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
even if; even though; however; no matter how
to go out and away; to leave
gambling; competition; game (of chance)
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
maid; helper; help; assistance
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
sharp ear; long ears; ability to remember everything one hears
in that manner; like that
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
urine; piss; pee; breaking a contract
prohibition; inhibition; ban
to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)
negotiations; bargaining; talks; making demands
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
custom; habit; customary practice
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage