highest grade; finest quality; top class; superlative (degree)
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
for use of customers or guests
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
as stated; verbatim; literally
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
first-rate; finest quality; the best
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
to hang (something) on the wall
good-value; economical; advantageous (price, deal, etc.); useful; helpful
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
while; even though; despite
to lock (a door, etc.); to lock up
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
I regret to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
as you (they, etc.) say; as you suggest; I absolutely agree
to make a wish (to a god); to pray (for the fulfilment of a wish)
as one had hoped; as one wishes
straight face; composed expression; nonchalant look
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
two times; twice; two degrees
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
forgetting; lapse of memory
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
detour; circuitous route; diversion
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
news (from someone); letter; contact; (someone's) whereabouts; (someone's) movements
whispering into a person's ear
section manager; section chief
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
dispute; contention; conflict; controversy
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
searching; hunting for news story; journalist