(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
to keep standing; to stand motionless
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to pass (of time); to elapse
true character; real nature
wandering; roaming; drifting
to say no more; to sink into silence
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
dissipation; prodigality; debauchery
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
itching-to-grab gesture (made with one's hands)
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
what kind of business; what sort of matter
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
no!; no no!; no, not at all
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
summoning; calling; riding; (high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to (see and) choose; to select; to diagnose (as); to judge; to estimate; to liken (to)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
ahead (of); before; slightly earlier
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)