important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to gaze out at; to look out over
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
every evening; night after night
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
guardians; parents; father and older brother
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
entreaty; supplication; petition
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
shamelessly; acting brazenly unaffected; being resigned to (disgrace)
pride; boast; credit (to)
society; the world; the times
had better ...; had better not ...
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
fully loaded; full load; loaded condition
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
no!; no no!; no, not at all
in spite of; regardless of
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement