painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
time; season; period; phase; stage
to forfeit; to confiscate; to call out; to summon
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to order; to command; to appoint
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
compatibility; coexistence; standing together
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
while; even though; despite
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
after that; afterwards; thereafter
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to become calm; to die down
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
strut; short vertical post; thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.); (arch.) handbreadth; (arch.) bundle
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass