year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
the other day; a few days ago
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
many; numerous; various; large number of
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
hallway slippers; indoor shoes
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
to crouch; to squat; to cower
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
good luck charm; uttered when using magic; abracadabra; presto
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
anyone and everyone; anybody at all
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
solitude; loneliness; isolation
this world; this life; world of the living
to subsist; to keep on living
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
living thing; living creature; animal; life
one by one; one each; one at a time
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to underrate; to make light of
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression