self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
security; stability; safety; peace
hanging banner; hanging screen; curtain
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
to amuse oneself; to make merry
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
to do (a person) good; to bring profit
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
good offices; kind offices; services; mediation; intercession; conciliation
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
tradition; folklore; legend; (verbal) message; word (from someone)
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
smoking area; smoking corner
to smoke a cigarette; to smoke
green calabash; unripe gourd; pale and sickly person; pallid and thin person
being heard (by others); being overheard; being leaked (of plans, secrets, etc.); going in one ear and out the other
subsidy; grant; subvention
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while