family name; house name; family honour; family honor
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
rather; better; instead; if anything
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
to toady; to be obsequious
bowing while standing; standing bow
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
to make eyes at; to leer; to ogle; to ingratiate oneself; to toady; to flatter
double suicide; lovers' suicide
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
to become pale; to turn pale
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
one way or the other; either way
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
personal; individual; private
low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)
retort; back talk; backchat
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
this for sure; certainly is
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
although I say; although one might say; although called
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange