period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence); initials (of one's name)
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
picking; collecting; harvesting
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
fortune-telling; divination
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
study subject; course of study; department (university, etc.)
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine
electricity; (electric) light
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
languid; weary; listless; melancholy