to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
really; truly; indeed; good grief
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
flight; desertion; escape
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
old couple; elderly couple
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
stopping functioning; being out of service
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case