to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
divorce; dissolution of adoption
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
right (to do something); authority; power
making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
being independent; standing on one's own; becoming independent
how; in what way; how about; questionable
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
other than; excluding; without
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
beautification; glorification
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
knight on a white horse; Prince Charming
not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please