taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
misrepresentation; false statement
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
(in) her way; peculiar to her
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
to use X as a selling point
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
to snatch; to grab; to steal; to charge (an exorbitant price) for
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
old-timer; veteran; senior; old stump; old roots
mature woman; middle-aged woman
directions; instructions; orders; command
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
frequent customer; good customer; client
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
expression; presentation; representation; notation
I think (something) won't (something); probably (something) isn't (something)
to be silent; to say nothing
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
decoration; ornament; trimmings
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
getting on board; sailor; seaman
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
premature death; untimely death; dying young
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
way; method; means; resource; course
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure