to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
courtesy; etiquette; formality; (religious) observance; ritual; rite
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
while alive; during one's lifetime
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
filtration; filtering; percolation
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
to lean over (and cover with one's body); to bend over (someone); to (stand tall and) lean on (someone); to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
aimless; rambling; desultory; casual
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
(national) capital (city); metropolis
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
coming and going; recurring (esp. thoughts)
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
very great; enormous; serious
agency; agent; answering (the door, phone, etc. on someone's behalf); ushering in (a visitor); passing on (a message); conveyance
participation; joining; entry
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
to get tired out; to be exhausted
to flare up; to burst into flames
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
sitting together; the same theater (theatre); involvement; entanglement
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
the reverse (side); back (side); other side; hidden side; behind the scenes
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
interest; rights; concession
efficacy; benefit; efficiency; effect; result; success
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation