besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
retirement (from the world); seclusion
minimum; at the very least
management; administration; operation
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
distinction; differentiation; classification
look like; sound like; savor of; smack of
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
hard (life); tough (world)
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
losing easily; being trounced; being beaten hands down
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
drinking party; get-together
enthronement ceremony; coronation
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
resignation; acceptance; consolation
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
ordinary citizen; the general public
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
process; course; mechanism
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
tolerant; big; flexible; big-hearted; accepting; open-minded