to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
trusting too much; overestimating ability
teaching your grandmother to suck eggs; teaching something to someone who knows more than you; preaching to the choir; (lit.) lecturing to the Buddha
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
three; three years of age
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
aptitude; aptness; suitability
action; operation; effect; function
revision (of a rule, price, etc.); alteration; change
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
way out; means to escape; escape route
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
vice versa; also the converse; reverse is true
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
close to the wall; alongside the wall
an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging