easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
street at night; making a night journey
reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
genuine article; real thing; real deal
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
whispering; murmuring; subdued
to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute); to flatter; to butter up
devoted; self-sacrificing
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
intimacy; affection; familiarity
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
himself; yourself; herself
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other