successive jobs; consecutive jobs
retirement age; (arch.) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion
junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
professor; teaching; instruction
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
irregular pulse; arrhythmia
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
two persons; two people; pair; couple
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
three times; thrice; third (musical interval)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
(not) in any way; in no way; at all
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
oh my god; how; what the; incredible
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
house; one's house; one's home; one's family