to affect someone's prestige; to be beneath one's dignity
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable; to feel on edge
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
to pass (of time); to elapse
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
had better ...; had better not ...
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant; ordinary; normal; regular
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
number of characters; character count
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
beautiful woman dressed as a man; cross-dressed beauty
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback