to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
note (for reference); remarks; N.B.
bad cooking; bad food; sadness at seeing the happiness of others
present continuous tense; present progressive form; ongoing; (currently) active; currently in progress
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
reforming (oneself); mending one's ways; turning over a new leaf
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
dozens; scores of; decades
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
rapid firing; continuous firing; firing in quick succession
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; to find someone's fault; to get evidence on someone; to get a lead on someone
vindication of honour; vindication of honor; making up for loss; revenge
silver-gray hair; silver-grey hair; handsome grey-haired man; silver fox
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
shrewdness; sharpness; astuteness; acumen; tact
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
line; queue; procession; matrix
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
to drag; to trail; to force (someone) along; to drag (along); to prolong; to drag out
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
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
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
pupil and (dark) iris of the eye
clear; translucent; brilliant; sweetly ringing (as the tinklings of jade)
handsome young man; Adonis
partly open; in half bloom
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
secret information; intelligence