while; even though; despite
to face; to go towards; to head towards
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
farmer; farming family; farmhouse; School of Agrarianism (China); School of Agronomists
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
warfare; the maelstrom of war; disorder brought about by war
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
job; work; duties; trade; skill
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
many; much; plenty; hardly
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to gain fame; to make one's name
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
destined; predestined; fated; fateful
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise