one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
that is to say; so that means
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
older brother; elder brother
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
considerably; greatly; a lot
this occasion; at this time; now
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
shed; shelter; terminal (e.g. cargo, airport, etc.); temporary covering of a building being built
(present) head of a family
until now; so far; up to the present
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
greeting; a fine thing to say
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
considerably; fairly; quite
important; momentous; essential; principal; major