what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
both; both sides; both parties
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
honor; honour; credit; prestige
unique; peerless; invaluable; priceless
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
study; diligence; discount; reduction
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
long ago; already; a long time ago
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
you (plural); all of you; you all
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
intimacy; affection; familiarity
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
anyone and everyone; anybody at all
an eye for people; the ability to judge character
equally (talented, etc.); evenly; neck and neck; nip and tuck
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
marriage proposal; courtship
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with