(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
in proportion to; just as much as
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
feeling of fullness; sense of sufficiency; feeling of satisfaction
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to fit (inside something)
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
to take all things together; to include everything; to take account of everything
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; quiet; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild; temperate
craving; longing; thirsting
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
public commitment; public promise; campaign pledge; official vow
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to boost; to force up; to push up
talk; recital; narration; topic
the other day; some time ago; recently
to explain; to preach; to advocate; to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with
to move forward; to move on
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
kind-hearted; compassionate; charitable
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; perspective; angle