Bible; the Scriptures; Holy Writ
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
that is to say; so that means
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
to bear fruit; to ripen; to produce (good) results; to show results; to bear fruit
pupil (of the eye); one's eyes
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
while; during; while; although; all; both
one passage; one paragraph; one stanza; one verse; one section (of a piece of music); one syllable
repetition; repeat; replication; recursion; iteration
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
way (of doing); manner; method; means
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
consequence; result; conclusion; apodosis
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
sharp rise (in prices); steep rise; substantial increase; soaring
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
vegetable; marijuana; cannabis