eradication of malignant spirits (esp. used in fantasy and science fiction)
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to make a habit of; to make it a practice to
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
originally; by nature; from the start
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
uncertainty; insecurity; inconstancy; indefinite; undecided
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to carry around; to carry on one's person
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to keep away; to keep at a distance
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
great person; eminent figure
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
retreating figure; appearance from behind
while; even though; despite
myself; yourself; I; me; you
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)