year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
common front; united front
too (much); overly; excessively
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
battlefield; battleground
isolation; being alone; being friendless
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to be annoyed (by); to be offended (at); to be irritated (with)
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
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.)
at least; at most; (even) just
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
use; utilization; utilisation; application
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
business; things to do; engagement; errand; affairs
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
difference; variation; difference
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step