breath; breathing; tone; mood
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
much less; to say nothing of
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
conviction; belief; confidence
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
now; the present time; just now; another; more
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
excess flesh; surplus fat; flab
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...