retirement; retiring (from a race, match, etc.); dropping out
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
ten; 10; ten years of age
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
to be too numerous; to be too much
the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
please; somehow or other; one way or another
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
conviction; belief; confidence
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
sick person; patient; invalid
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
polite; courteous; hospitable
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
consequence; outcome; result; blame