year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
no matter how much time passes
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
long time; long interval; for quite some time
affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
by today; before the day is over
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
good person; virtuous person
true character; real nature
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
related to; in relation to
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to be enraged; to flip out
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
function; facility; faculty; feature
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
new land; new world; new sphere of activity
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
if you think about it; come to think of it
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
impossible; unlikely; improbable
just past noon; afternoon
fishing industry; fishery
in that way; like that; that way
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death