to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
innermost depths of one's heart
familism; the treatment of society (an organization) as a family
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
something; some kind of; for some reason
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
to join together; to combine; to join up
tasteless; dry as dust; insipid; flat; dull
making one's way through life; conduct of one's life
to be exhausted; to be tired out
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
high-pressure salesmanship; the hard sell; aggressive peddling
the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect
pleased to meet you; how do you do; my regards (to someone); my greetings; best wishes
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
state of mind; mentality; psychology
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
gynecology department; gynecology
hospitalization; hospitalisation
easy delivery; easy childbirth; safe birth
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
recovery after childbirth; growth (of a child)
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
mistress; kept woman; concubine