(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
road maintenance; road improvement
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
attendance; presence; appearance
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
senior; veteran; old-timer
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
stickily; glutinously; persistently; insistently; tenaciously
admonition; remonstrance; expostulation
telling (on someone); tattling; snitching
appointing someone to a position of trust; entrusting someone with an important position; making much of
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
influence; clout; leverage
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
feeling good; feeling pleasant
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
to complete decisively; to do to completion
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
deep emotion; being filled with emotion
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
to crumble away; to collapse