food and drink; eating and drinking
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
to become better; to improve
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
very; extremely; excessively
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
after a long time; for the first time in a while
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
life; living; I; me; student
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
long ago; already; a long time ago
second marriage; remarriage
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date