magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
a few years ago; some years back
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to have no chance (of succeeding)
to gain a reliable foundation and be in a safe condition; to rest easy; (lit.) to board a large ship
price; cost; value; worth; value
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
valuation basis; appraisal standard
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
to say (something) over one's shoulder
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to grow hoarse; to become husky
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
to be bony; to be angular
how many years; how long; what year
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger