private property; personal belongings; personal effects
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
property; fortune; assets
base; basis; bedrock; platform
private funds; own funds; private property
will; testament; one's dying wish; one's last words
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
(in) his way; peculiar to him
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
especially; particularly; above all; portioning out (servings of food)
cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants
to be at a loss for words
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to hand over
to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; one cup after another; cup by cup
comfortably; peacefully; freely; (growing) quickly
one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); earnest; resolute; (arch.) one bloodline; (arch.) one clan
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
prognosis; recuperation; convalescence
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to follow (someone's) example; to imitate; to copy; to learn (by observation)
to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
appearance (in the eyes of society); decency
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly