this and that; one thing or another
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
serious look (on one's face); straight face
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
of no interest; not interested
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to rest one's chin in one's hands
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
off the coast; offshore; out at sea
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
consequence; outcome; result; blame
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
international; diplomatic intercourse
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom