fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
to have a talk; to tell a story
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
harmful side effects of a medicine or drug
to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
selection; making a choice; sifting; decision to adopt or reject
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
don't you think?; indicates question
back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
curious; strange; unusual
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
the present year; at that time
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
butterfly effect (chaos theory)
underlying cause; indirect cause; remote cause
change; alteration; transmutation; mutation
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come