is that so? (generally rhetorical)
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
and then; and so; and; so then
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
slave trade; white-slave trade; human trafficking
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
at that time; in those days
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
patriarch; head of a family
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
property; fortune; assets
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
one day; (on) a certain day
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
ritual; religious service; festival
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate
men; manservant; male attendants to an actor
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over