skill; dexterity; proficiency
loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
someone (something) not to be trifled with
to have meaning; to be meaningful
older sister; elder sister
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
take (e.g. in film-making)
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
to prepare for death; to get ready to die
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
to pile up; to accumulate
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
even more; still more; further
to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
indulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church); excuse; justification; rationalization
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to feel like an idiot; to make a fool of yourself
to use up all one's strength
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
heavy-footed; slow of foot; reluctant; disinclined; unwilling
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
great-grandmother; great-grandma
unbroken; uninterrupted; on and on; continuous