person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to attack and overthrow; to utterly destroy
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
this and that; one thing or another
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
orphan; person without friends
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
conspirators; faction; cabal; clique
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
picking through garbage; dumpster diving; scavenging rubbish
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
to work hard; to make an effort
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
somehow; for some reason; in some way; vaguely
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
such; like that; that sort of; very
chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance
too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
back street; back alley; off-street
counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
running errands (for someone else); errand boy; gofer; dogsbody