inexpert or untrained eyes
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
gaudy; showy; garish; loud
excellent article; fine item; rare beauty; masterpiece; gem
(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds
cannot be compared with; no match for
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to serve; to work for; to attend
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
that's the way it is; such is life
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
meeting together; introduction; costarring; appearing together; being matched; facing off
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
to fight to the bitter end
motherland; fatherland; native country
supreme leader; ultimate leader