virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith
with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
schedule; program; calendar
(walking) stick; cane; wand
top hat; high hat; silk hat; topper
stage (platform); performance; show; stage (phase); part; stage
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
loud laughter; roaring with laughter
earning extra money (e.g. from a side job)
going backward; turning back; backtracking; regression; retrogression; relapse
(next-door) neighbour; neighbor
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
shelving (a matter, plan, etc.); pigeonholing; tabling; keeping (goods) off the market (to adjust the supply-demand balance)
henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child
favour; favor; obligation; kindness; benevolence
high-pressure selling; aggressive peddling; the hard sell; forcing on someone (e.g. kindness)
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots; eradicating; rooting out; all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
as one likes; as one wants; as one wishes; as one hopes; as one sees fit; to one's satisfaction
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
occasion; time; section (of a literary work or piece of music); passage; clause; season; term
self-; from (a time or place)
full moon; 15th day of the lunar month
trivia; snippet of knowledge
cultural exchange; cross-cultural communication; contacts between different cultures
loving something but being very bad at it
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
-off (price reduction); discount; -coated; -plated
force (bulldoze) one's way through
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for