reality; actuality; hard fact
such; like that; in that way
reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel
correspondence; exchange of letters
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
study; library; den; home office; reading room
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
date (of a planned event, act, etc.); day; (number of) days
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious
talking about memories; reminiscences
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
rather than; more ... than ...
brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
manner of using one's hands
large-breed dog; large dog
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose