gentle; mild; meek; tender
in good health; alive and well; going strong
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
to begin to walk; to set out
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
contract; compact; agreement
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
to call each other; to call out to one another
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
deep emotion; impression; inspiration
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
up and down; lightly; nimbly; casually; (strolling about) without a care
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
restoration; repair; mending
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
under the staircase; understairs
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
increasing the number of staff; hiring more people
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
repair work; renovation work; restoration work
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to end one's life; to end one's days; to die
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings