considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
script; screenplay; scenario
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
to look around; to look towards (us)
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
along; parallel to; in accordance with
in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
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)
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
being very busy; busyness
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
power; might; authority; influence
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
proficiency; mastery; becoming proficient (in)
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
what percentage; what ratio; what rate; what proportion
to assign; to allot; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate; to assess
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses