after a long time; for the first time in a while
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
no, not like that (but like this)
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
eccentric; crank; oddball
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
chop (pro wrestling move); knifehand strike; chop (pork, lamb, etc.); chop (tennis); chop stroke
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
to cease; to stop; to be over
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
decision; determination; resolution
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
to add (to); to add on; to append
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
genuine article; real thing; real deal
innermost depths of one's heart
separate; scattered; apart
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
index; indices; indicator
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
depths of Hell; abyss; inescapable situation
fall; drop; descent; coming down
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting