good performance; good work; great success
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
to revere; to respect; to worship
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
obedient; submissive; tame; slavish
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
point of compromise; common ground
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
to look away; to avert one's eyes
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
walking briskly; determinedly
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
to leave as is; to ignore
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
to check; to stop; to keep back
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
duty; obligation; responsibility
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to employ the right person; to choose somebody with the right qualities
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)