straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
history; pedigree; lineage
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
older brother; elder brother
to take over; to hand over
marriage proposal; marriage talks
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
friction; discord; strife
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
preface; introduction; preamble
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
to incorporate; to include; to fill (a vessel) with
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to distract one's attention
biological child; one's own child
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
wrong; different; not like that
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
setting a bad example to others
to disgrace oneself; to make a fool of oneself
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting
irritation; annoyance; frustration
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
cold (drinking) water; (glass of) cold water; cold boiled rice
handsome man; man's looks; good looks; manliness
speech; expression; wording; language
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release