standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
spare energy, time or money; remaining strength; reserve power; money to spare
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
until now; so far; up to the present
in one's own way or style
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
death due to shock (triggered by blood loss, heart failure or other causes)
matter of time; question of time
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
seeing one off; farewell; escort
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
calamity; disaster; accident
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
supernatural (e.g. psychic phenomena and such); paranormal
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize