year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to come to meet (someone); to come to pick up
meeting; greeting; welcome; person sent to meet a visitor
why; how; for what reason
to go to meet (someone); to go to pick up
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
memory; sense; experience
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to make merry; to be festive
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
one country; the whole nation; the whole country; stubborn; obstinate
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
that; the matter in question
queen (consort); empress (consort)
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
(really) terrible; awful; (very) nasty; (extremely) harsh; severe
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to scold; to tell (someone) off
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; witty remark; light joke; amusing talk
such ... as; or some such