bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
memory; sense; experience
adviser; someone to consult with; someone to turn to about one's concerns; confidant
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
how; in what way; circumstances
one by one; one each; one at a time
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
material (data) for one's research; research material
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
originally; by nature; from the start
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
in a little bit; after a short while
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)