eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
aptitude; aptness; suitability
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
battlefield; battleground
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
to correct oneself; to restate
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
not worth considering; out of the question
to have something (likely) come to mind; to be reminded of something; to understand a point
generation; the world; the age
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
decision; settlement; definition
known as ...; also known as ...; called ...; AKA
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
village headman; village mayor
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper