if you think about it; come to think of it
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
the work of man; human feat; something humanly possible
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
phantom; vision; illusion
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
originally; by nature; from the start
small fraction; small proportion
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to forget completely; to leave behind
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
very insolent; extremely audacious; reprehensible
to have one's ability acknowledged by others; to be appreciated for one's skill
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
forcibly; against one's will
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
at that time; in those days
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
marriage proposal; marriage talks
living thing; organism; creature; biology