pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
episode; anecdote; vignette; episode
in that way; like that; that way
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism
(in the) palm of someone's hand; (under) someone's complete control; (at) someone's mercy
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
dregs; lees; grounds; pent-up feelings
responsibility; duty; obligation
to take one's leave; to excuse oneself; to resign (from); to step down; to decline; to turn down
vagrant; vagabond; drifter
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
to excel; to surpass; to be superior; to be conspicuous (esp. forehead and eyebrows); to be prominent; to stand out
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
half a lifetime; half one's life; one's life so far
to work out a plan of deception; to scheme; (arch.) to think up a plan; (arch.) to think over a plan; (arch.) to discuss; (arch.) to consult
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
serious crime; grave sin; mortal sin; deadly sin
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about
stirring; rousing oneself
per person; per capita; per head
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely
apprehension; misgivings; uneasiness; fear; anxiety
complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression
to be perturbed; to be agitated
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
before it happens; beforehand
tsumugi silk yarn; (spun) silk noil yarn
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully