coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
tranquil; calm; quiet; mild (weather); balmy
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
captain; commander; commanding officer; leader
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute
to some extent; to a certain extent
sympathy; compassion; pity
circumstances; sequence of events; how things got this way; details; particulars
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
property; fortune; assets
innocent; childlike; guileless; free of malice; thoughtless; simple-minded
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
to do together; to share; to participate in
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
foundation stone; cornerstone
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
taking over (another's debt, work); shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
back street; back alley; off-street
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to live through; to survive
something to wear; clothes
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole