eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
day and night; around the clock
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; as a rule
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
time; season; period; phase; stage
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to be born; to come into the world
both; both sides; both parties
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
method of treatment; cure; remedy
queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak
eccentric; crank; oddball
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to invite in; to show someone in
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; one's life; one's lifespan
lifesaver; person who saved one's life
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick