steering; helmsman; coxswain; guidance; leadership; leader
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
slightly early; just before
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
halving; splitting evenly; sharing equally
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
throng; gathering of people
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
blunder; slip; error; error
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
resignation; acceptance; consolation
natural; intrinsic; from birth
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
sacred books; sutras; scriptures; Bible
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
something unrelated (to what has been discussed thus far)
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
to choke; to have trouble breathing
street at night; making a night journey
secret; private; surreptitious
in comparison with; when compared with; according to; in light of; in view of
together; mutually; fellow
to be needed; to be wanted
to become attached; to begin to love
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)
if you think about it; come to think of it
simply; merely; only; solely
to disperse; to take a castle
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time