moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
like this; this sort; this way
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); frankly; open-heartedly
highest; uppermost; topmost; oldest; eldest
to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)
landing; alighting; touch down
large-scale map; detailed map
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
trembling (with fear, cold, etc.); shaking; chattering (of teeth); coming loose; wobbling
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to muster (e.g. courage); to gather; to collect; to pluck up
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
terrain; geographical features; topography
conquest; domination; supremacy; winning (a championship)
to move forward; to move on
gradually (progressing); steadily; slowly; seeping out (sweat, tears, etc.)
to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through
to have meaning; to be meaningful
complete; completion (of a collection, video game, etc.)
to step firmly (on); to harden by treading
plain wood; unfinished woodwork
only recently; just of late
galvanized sheet iron; galvanised sheet iron
to roof (a house with some material); to thatch; to shingle; to tile
avatamsa (flower adornment, as a metaphor for becoming a buddha); Avatamska sutra; Kegon (sect of Buddhism)
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
major earthquake; large earthquake
excavation; exhumation; digging up; discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing
enshrinement hall (of a buddha); temple; cathedral (esp. Catholic)
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
family which supports a temple; parishioner
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)