to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
workshop; studio; atelier
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
witnessing; observing; sighting
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
pupil; student; schoolchild
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
maintenance; preservation; improvement
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
admiration; wonder; astonishment
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
in truth; as it is; as you are; in practice
to accept; to receive; to agree
progress; advance; improvement; development
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
to increase; to add to; to augment
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception