to be no match for; to not hold a candle to
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
wishes of a deceased person; dying wish
to rank next to; to come after
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
still; even now; to this day
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
people; citizens; subjects; folk
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
interval; break; pause; spare moment
for example; for instance; e.g.
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)