men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
weather; fair weather; fine weather
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
gentle; mild; meek; tender
intimacy; affection; familiarity
hello; good day; good afternoon
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
personal; inter-personal; anti-personnel (e.g. weapon, mine); anti-human; personal liability (e.g. insurance)
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
one by one; one each; one at a time
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
to be lacking in options; to be too few
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
health; healthy; sound; fit
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
old couple; elderly couple
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
brown; light brown; tawny
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to know thoroughly; to have full knowledge of
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!