anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
all (there is); as long as there is
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
to drop; to let fall; to omit
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; disorder; chaos
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
very; extremely; excessively
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
pre-war days; before the war
indicate reason; infers some protest
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect