the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately
performance of one's official duties
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
difficult to ...; hard to ...
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
gentle; mild; meek; tender
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
along the road; along the way
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
near; nearby; not far off
to be erected; to be built
headmaster; principal; dean; provost; rector
nothing but; none other than
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short
stray sheep; lost lamb; (fig.) person at a loss for what to do