to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
reason; cause; circumstances
duty; obligation; responsibility
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
very; much; greatly; a lot of
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
coloured glasses; tinted glasses; sunglasses; biased view; preconceived view
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
to fight against; to oppose; to face
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to give one's heart to; to fall in love; to turn one's mind towards; to think of
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble
innocent; cherubic; childlike
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
selection; choice; option
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
walking briskly; determinedly
pilling; lint; furball; hairball; trichobezoar
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
older sister and younger brother
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
(having) bad marks or results (e.g. in school); of poor quality or workmanship
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
to be worried; to be grieved; to pine for
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
exorcism; ceremonial cleansing from evil influence
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank