bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
in comparison to; rather than
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
as a child; when one was a child
imagination; supposition; guess
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
name; given name; first name
it is not (like that) either
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
letter; missive; note; mail
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
determination; resolution
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after