tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to accept; to receive; to agree
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
asking for the moon; pining for what one doesn't have; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence; asking for too much; asking for the impossible
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
aging; ageing; adding to one's years
as; because; with; due to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
way; method; means; resource; course
level ground; plain; flatland
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)