several years; a few years
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
roaming; drifting about; wandering
to have a narrow escape from death
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
demon of ill health; disease
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
outward appearance; apparent
silence (not speaking); muteness
virile; tough; masculine; intense
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to do one good; to be beneficial; to stand in someone else's shoes; (arch.) to care deeply for someone
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
impossible; unlikely; improbable
settlement; solution; resolution
patching up (e.g. a failure); covering up (e.g. a mistake); glossing over
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
therefore; for that reason; so; because of that
choices; alternatives; options
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
to step over or across; to overcome
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
to rescue from; to help out of; to save