grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
point; essentials; gist; summary; fundamentals
self-contradiction; paradox; antinomy
Imperial standard; (fig.) worthy cause
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
reckless remark; rash remark; thoughtless words; falsehood
requisition; commandeering; conscription
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
agency; commission; reception (of guests); conveyance (of messages)
ostentatious; gaudy; showy
two Deva kings; guardian gods of Buddhism who stand at the entrance of a Buddhist temple
kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
immediate (effect, result, etc.); instant; instantaneous; prompt
to lie down; to retire; to go to bed (with an illness)
feigned; pretending (not to know)
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
in the same manner as before; the same as always
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
excellent; very good; exultant; elated
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
reestablish; reset (a password)
unrequited love; one-sided love