precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
stealthily; secretly; in secret
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
keeping an alternative up one's sleeve; two-stage preparation
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
tool; implement; means; furniture
just because; even if; even though
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to affect; to impact; to influence
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
in general; generally; usually
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
document; official papers
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
human intellect; knowledge