old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
prodigal son; wastrel son; son of loose morals
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
difficult to ...; hard to ...
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
it's not like; it isn't as if
in this way; thus; such; uh...
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
craftsman; skilled artisan
to temper thoroughly; to train well
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing