near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
blood relationship; blood relations; being genetically related
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
to comfort; to console; to amuse
chilly; unpleasantly cold
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
sentiment; sentimentality
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; as a rule
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
excess; surplus; superabundance
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
to be worried; to be troubled
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
charming; captivating; bewitching; seductive; coquettish
nape (of the neck); nucha
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)