to imitate; to follow; to emulate
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
drink; drinking; spigot; tap (in a cask, etc.); stock market bucketing; bookmaking
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
reverie; meditation; anxiety; thought; pensiveness
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
serious; not joking; straight
distant look; faraway look
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
old couple; elderly couple
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
good deed; good conduct; benevolence
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
in that way; like that; that way
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
society; public; community; social studies
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
to throw into; to toss into
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
much less; to say nothing of
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)