beloved child; dear child
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
and; thereupon; because of that
other party; other side; ahead; in front; destination
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
accurate; correct; precise; exact
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
libertine; playboy; rake; lazy person
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
(the crime of) kidnapping (kidnaping)
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
way (of doing); manner; method; means
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
conviction; belief; confidence
further; farther; furthermore; all the more; even more
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
responsiveness; responding; divine response (e.g. to a prayer); divine inspiration; induction (electromagnetism); inducing
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)