head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
great love; passionate affair
drama; play; powerful drug
to unfold; to unroll; to open
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to be kind to; to treat kindly
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
(someone else's) child; child; kid
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance
alarm bell; fire bell; warning; wake-up call