year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
tacit; unspoken; implicit
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
wet nurse; nursing mother
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing
something; some kind of; for some reason
whispered conversation; whispering
front garden; front yard; vestibule (of the ear)
practice; practising; training; study
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
wherein; therein; thereinto
to get tired out; to be exhausted
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
briskly with small steps; trotting
without; but if; otherwise; or else
to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to collapse into; to flop onto
sting (of a bee, etc.); stinger; needle covered with poison
(sound effect for) collapsing; losing strength; slumping; losing balance
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
of great promise; with a promising future
good prospects; full of hope; promising
along the road; along the way
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots