How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
without; but if; otherwise; or else
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
(present) head of a family
chivalrous man who helps the weak and fights the strong; knight in shining armor; ruffians who act under the pretence of being chivalrous
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
son-in-law taken (adopted) into family
next term; next period; next version; next release
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
fair and square; open and aboveboard
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
formal; proper; prescribed; conventional; stereotypical
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
great man; heroic figure; remarkable character
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
contradiction; inconsistency
to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses