if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
repayment; refund; payback
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
compensation payment; reparation
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
unpacking (esp. after moving house)
counter for books; volume
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
infancy; childhood; tender age
time; age; chance; moment; occasion
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
to be photographed; to be projected
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
lengthy military expedition; Long March (China, 1934-1936); Long March (series of Chinese launch vehicles)
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge; trust; commission
freighter (vessel); cargo ship
pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
insurance payout; insurance money
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
deep-seated; deep-rooted; ingrained
arrest; custody; detention
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
killing time; staving off boredom