friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
cushion; pillow; mattress
celebratory banquet; feast
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed
rich family; distinguished family
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
upper floor; upstairs; top of the stairs
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
important; having a high status; having standing; exalted; of high station
household belongings; household goods; family fortune; family assets
entering (government) service; attendance (at one's office); presenting oneself for duty
person in charge (of an area of work, etc.); person responsible; contact (person)
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
losing oneself (in); being absorbed (in); forgetting oneself
adaptability; capacity for adaptation
mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress
to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
human affairs; mundane matters; personnel affairs; human resources; human power; human effort
neither this nor that; being at a loss; humming and hawing; shilly-shallying
to knead again; to rework; to revise; to polish
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
long (time that has passed); old (story)
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
here and there; everywhere
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see ...
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means