wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to employ; to hire; to charter
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; embezzlement; misappropriation; flirting
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to be flabbergasted; to be dumbfounded
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
really; truly; indeed; good grief
because of; owing to; due to
to be embarrassed; to lose face
even though; despite; when
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
walking briskly; determinedly
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
to collapse into; to flop onto
study; pursuit of knowledge
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
if it is the case that ...
at least; at most; (even) just
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving