growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
height (of body); stature
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
talk; story; conversation
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
physical punishment; beating; smacking; severe scolding; chastisement; discipline
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
odds and ends; all; every
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
to feel affectionate towards; to have feelings for; to care for; to hold dear
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
doddering; tottering; unsteady; shaky; decrepit; infirm
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
rejuvenation; restoration of youth
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
assertion; declaration; affirmation
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
aging; ageing; adding to one's years
ageing; aging; senile deterioration
guess; conjecture; surmise
to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
feeling of transparency; sense of translucence
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
to bury; to embed; to implant