personal; individual; private
(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
(brute) force; using all one's might
choices; alternatives; options
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
impossible; unlikely; improbable
deadly serious; deadly earnest
to meet someone's requirements; to meet expectations; to go along with what somebody wants
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
concession; conciliation; compromise
superior; boss; them (as opposed to "us"); person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
to be in a fit (of anger); to rage
calamity; misfortune; disaster
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
to care for someone; to look after someone
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
and; thereupon; because of that
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)