guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
chair; stool; post; office; position
to say; to be called; to do
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
heir; inheritor; successor
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to be thoroughly attracted by; to be completely fascinated by
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm