in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
it is not (like that) either
absentmindedly; vacantly; carelessly
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
how; in what way; how about
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
older brother; elder brother
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
in that manner; like that
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
that is to say; so that means
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to care for someone; to look after someone
once in a while; occasionally; seldom; at long intervals
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
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)
long ago; already; a long time ago
young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air
in comparison to; rather than
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit