(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
feelings; thoughts; meaning
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
useless resistance; vain struggle
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
ten; 10; ten years of age
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
natural calamity; disaster
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all