to live through; to survive
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
I see; that's right; indeed
sincere; earnest; serious
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
believer; devotee; follower; adherent; convert; disciple
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
dignity; majesty; sanctity
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
to knock down; to tear down; to crush (e.g. enemy); to throw into confusion; to refute; to pick apart
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
invisibly; secretly; privately
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
year in, year out; always; 24-7
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
foreign; abroad; overseas
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one