honour; honor; glory; privilege
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
orphan; person without friends
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)
kindness; intimacy; friendship
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
story; tale; talk; discussion
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
preference; priority; precedence
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
what can you expect from a child with parents like that?; such parents, such children
charming; fascinating; attractive
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
profitable plan; good plan
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
same; similar; (just) like; equal
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"