to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
guardian; protector; patron; parent
anyway; anyhow; as one likes; by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to snatch from; to steal from
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
something-something (e.g. platitudes, waffling); yada yada; so-and-so
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
complete picture; panorama; what it all adds up to; bird's eye view; all-embracing portrait; overall perspective
brake; drag; skid; restraint; curtailment; self-imposed limit
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
general; popular; common; typical
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
to spit out; to eject; to dump