to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
environment; circumstance
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
beyond that point; after that
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
society; public; community; social studies
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)