favorable treatment; favourable treatment; hospitality; warm reception; good treatment; hearty welcome
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
tearjerker; sob story; maudlin tale
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
low (level, value, price, etc.)
preface; introduction; preamble
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
orphan; person without friends
secret understanding; collusion
to keep one's temper; to maintain one's composure; to remain calm; to keep presence of mind; to preserve one's equilibrium
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal
entreaty; appeal; petition
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
to toady; to be obsequious
smoothly; easily; readily
wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
to hold fast; to protect to the end
psychic trauma; psychological trauma
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
long ago; a long time ago; already
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
older brother; elder brother
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
to lose an easy game; to suffer an unexpected defeat; to lose information
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
to wait for one's punishment; to wait before one gets what's coming to one; (lit.) to wash one's neck and wait (i.e. for one's beheading)
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace