irregular (schedule, service, etc.); indeterminate (length of time); staggered (payments)
to bear fruit; to ripen; to produce (good) results; to show results; to bear fruit
to ripen (fruit, grain, etc.); to become ripe
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
to open (one's eyes) wide
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
living thing; organism; creature; biology
to pickle thoroughly; to pickle a large amount
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
deterioration (in quality, performance, etc.); degradation; worsening; (visible) aging; becoming unattractive (due to aging)
incremental; step-by-step; gradual; stepwise
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical); melting; liquefying; fusion
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
taking care of one's health; recuperation; covering (with a protective material); coating; curing (concrete)
complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
to have one's horizons broadened
crystalline lens (of the eye)
to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself
eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
to allow light to pass through; to shine light through
application (of ointment, etc.); coating
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
slice; slice; slice (in tennis, table tennis, etc.); backspin shot
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; perversion (esp. sexual)
beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously