direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
older brother and younger sister
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to give permission to marry
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
fuse; pilot light; cause (of a war, argument, revolt, etc.); origin; trigger
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
surely; certainly; without doubt
to remain married for life
to spread; to be propagated
to step forward; to volunteer
to be found; to be discovered
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
to be perturbed; to be agitated
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to forget completely; to leave behind
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
form; shape; figure; visage
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
person concerned; interested party; related party
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
you (plural); all of you; you all
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)