ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
such; like that; that sort of
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
periodic; regular; routine
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
having a child from a former relationship (when remarrying); bringing along one's child; being accompanied by one's child
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to train; to discipline; to teach manners
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
back; rear; background; backdrop; backing; support; going backwards
to thrust into; to shove into; to push into; to drive into