technical skill; ability; capacity
dismissal notice; pink slip (US)
to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling
in the same way as; just like
influence; effect; impact
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
(among) one's friends; (within) one's circle
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
suffix for familiar person
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
since when; from when; how long
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
blood relationship; blood relative
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
rather than; more ... than ...
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
to shun; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of (esp. one's health)
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
chain; series; connection; linkage
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
sincere; earnest; serious
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve