to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
adjusting one's makeup; renovation; remodeling; redecoration
age difference; disparity in age; age gap
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
exactly alike (in appearance); like two peas in a pod; (practically) identical; spitting image (of); carbon copy (of)
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
deterioration (in quality, performance, etc.); degradation; worsening; (visible) aging; becoming unattractive (due to aging)
edition; version; plate; block; counter for editions of a publication
copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably
sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
to jump up; to leap up; to fly up (into the sky); to soar up; to jump ahead; to skip ahead
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
out of character; unlike one
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
youth; adolescence; springtime of life
start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
greatest mistake of one's life
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run; to start moving (e.g. a vehicle); to take off; to get under way
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
great difference; big difference; wide margin
to be greatly perplexed; to be at a loss; to be sorely troubled; to be greatly embarrassed
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect