superstition; superstitious belief
how many people; a number of people
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
fresh (e.g. fish); lively; spirited; animated
totteringly; staggeringly; unsteadily; lanky; spindly; slender
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
appeal made directly to a senior official without going through formalities
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to look after (often medically); to take care of
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
false or crocodile tears; feigned sadness
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to be cut out for (e.g. a job); to be suited (to)
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
how; in what way; how about
now that; since; so long as; because
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
illusion; fallacy; delusion
to spread; to be propagated
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace