to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
(period of) a year; during an era
here and there; in places
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round
cavern; cave; cave system; grotto
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
to talk; to chat; to chatter
(organ) rejection; unthinking dismissal; strong reaction (against)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to ask; to enquire; to query
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
material; substance; matter
astringency; constriction; collecting (e.g. opinions); putting together; extraction (of taxes); convergence (of light); convergence
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
special; particular; peculiar; unique
that's the way it is; such is life
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
equipment; harness; fittings
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)