to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
latter part (of book, etc.); sequel; concluding part
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
husband and wife; married couple
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
edge; angle; ridge (e.g. of a mountain)
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
one's own child; one's own children
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
every place; various places
without being able to help oneself; against one's will; compelling; pressing; irresistible
youthful indiscretion; youthful enthusiasm; youthful excess
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
unskilled; incompetent; poor; bad
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
in the meanwhile; during the time
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
how many years; how long; what year
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of