to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
to get thin; to taper off
while alive; during one's lifetime
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to serve; to work for; to attend
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
head house (family); birthplace; originator
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
regret; remorse; repentance; contrition
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
expression; look; countenance; face
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
that day; the very same day
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
and so; therefore; for that reason
sword; dagger; knife; bayonet
to poison (e.g. food, drink); to administer poison
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
polish; improvement; burnishing
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
pathetic; sad; sorrowful; grievous
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
chance (of success); odds