to comfort; to console; to amuse
story; tale; talk; discussion
honour; honor; glory; privilege
to relax; to feel at home
to put on a bold front; to act big; to be unyielding; to act formally; to act stiffly
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
of course; certainly; naturally
small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
correction; rectification; mending; repair
organic; coordinated; working in a coordinated fashion
to need; to demand; to take; to require
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
conviction; belief; confidence
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
absolutely; positively; decidedly
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly