to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
limited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required); limited express (train making a limited no. of stops); great hurry
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
ruled line; rule; chart; crease; score; border
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
talk about divorce or separation
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
too many to count; too numerous to mention
very much; very many; more and more
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
firm; solid; inflexible; immovable
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon