isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
roost; nest; pad; crib; one's home
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
way (of doing); manner; method; means
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
property; fortune; assets
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to lean against; to set against
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
that's the way it is; such is life
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
such; like that; that sort of; very
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
opposite side; opposition
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to solicit; to demand; to extort
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to be fated to; be linked by fate