dull; uninteresting; boring; drab
practicality; utility; usefulness
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
24 hours; twenty-four hours
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
name and address (on an envelope, etc.); (addressee's) name; addressee
precocity; early ripening; premature development
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house
writing paper; stationery; notepaper
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
paper knife; letter opener
easy to read; legible; clear
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
humorous; funny; amusing; enjoyable (e.g. life); pleasant; fun
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
Your Highness; His Highness; Her Highness
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
roughly; broadly; generally; more or less
matter for congratulation (wedding, pregnancy, birth, etc.); happy event
start of a romance; beginning of love
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
adult; grown-up; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
love affair; love relationship
devoted; self-sacrificing
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
final; eventual; ultimate
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
very young bride; child bride; childish wife
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to gulp down (alcohol, poison, etc.); to quaff; to down