inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
old age; ageing; aging; old person; the elderly; the aged
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment
to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die
mindset; outlook; view; way of looking at things; perspective
to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate
promising without due consideration
excuse; evasion; dodge; subterfuge; evasive answer
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
reopening; resumption; restarting
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
unlimited; endless; boundless; infinite
one's financial situation; one's finances; state of one's purse
otherwise; or else; if not
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
the number of flat things; win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
to increase; to add to; to augment
customs (duties); duty; tariff
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
remarkable; striking; obvious
difficult to ...; hard to ...
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
to quicken one's pace (steps)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
to roll up (sleeves, skirt, etc.); to tuck up; to pull up