displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
to give an impression; to make an impression
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
surely; certainly; without doubt
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
way of the sword; swordsmanship
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
now that; since; so long as; because
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
ratio; proportion; percentage
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
degree of dependence; dependency rate; reliance
schedule; program; programme; itinerary
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)