deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
fraction; odd sum; odd money; small change; (arch.) low class female servant
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
yourself; himself; herself
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to watch to the end; to ascertain; to determine; to know thoroughly; to obtain a deep understanding of
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
that's the way it is; such is life
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
great men have great fondness for the sensual pleasures
earth (color, colour); earthen; ashen; deathly pale
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
match declared drawn due to injury; ending with both sides suffering damage (of a dispute, etc.)
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
pitiful; pathetic; painful (to look at)
whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to be reduced to (e.g. poverty); to end up as
to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into
to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
to crack; to get cracked; to develop a crack; to develop a fissure