a few years ago; some years back
charming; fascinating; enchanting; bewitching; beguiling; captivating
price; cost; value; worth; value
to polish up; to shine up
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat
by hook or by crook; by all possible means
to teach; to take a teaching job
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
common; commonplace; reckless; pulp paper; granulated sugar; (arch.) coins
to be generally accepted; to be acknowledged by oneself and others
self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent
fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail
individual differences; personal equation
sentiment; sentimentality
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
to draw a bow; to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors
expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
irregular; unseasonable; changeable; unsettled; abnormal
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted
to have a talented child despite being untalented; a black hen lays a white egg; (lit.) a kite gives birth to a hawk
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...
posterity; future life; life to come
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort