life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
metabolism; renewal; regeneration; replacing the old with the new
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
knowing; (an) acquaintance
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
weakening; emaciation; decline
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
outside world; physical world
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
extremely dangerous; full of peril
material; substance; matter
fresh water (i.e. not salt water)
living thing; organism; creature; biology
to throw into; to toss into
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
fifth day of the month; five days
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
to subsist; to keep on living
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
intention; idea; inclination; wish
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate