these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
inattention; absent-mindedness
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
resignation; acceptance; consolation
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority
personal feelings; self-interest
minimum; at the very least
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
loudly (wailing, making a noise, etc.)
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
same kind (race); homogeneousness
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to fall on one's backside
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
interference; intervention; meddling
preference; priority; precedence
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to blow out; to spout out
deep emotion; strong feelings
wearing one's hair in braids
eyesight; vision; visual acuity