common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
everyone has a past; every person has their own history
unfortunately; regrettably
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
settlement; permanent residency
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
to be affectionate towards; to show tenderness towards; to treat tenderly; to love
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
otherwise; if not; or else
to be exhausted; to be tired out; to be worn out
resignation; acceptance; consolation
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only
expressing one's mind; speaking out
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up; to raise (one's voice)
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to become possible; to become able to (do)
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking