two persons; two people; pair; couple
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
than; from; out of; except; but; more
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
sick person; patient; invalid
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to be needed; to be wanted
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
simply; merely; only; solely
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
to harmonize with; to keep in tune with; to go along with; to keep in step
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)