tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
how many years; how long; what year
rather; sooner; preferably
to spit out; to eject; to dump
treatment (of a person); dealing with
to inflict; to impose (a fine, etc.)
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
inheritance; something given or received
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
to fulfill one's responsibilities
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to jump at; to be attracted by
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
to need; to call for; to require
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
spare time; free time; leisure time
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden