what's the matter?; what's wrong?
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
expression; presentation; representation; notation
net content (e.g. on food packaging)
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
yellow clothes; Lama's clothes (e.g. Dalai Lama)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
something-something; yada yada; so-and-so
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); inside the line; in; inside; enter here; enter
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
that's the way it is; such is life
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
imperial throne; the Crown
give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever