letter; missive; note; mail
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
shady; underhanded; questionable
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal
now that; since; so long as; because
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
support; backing; patronage
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
perfect; complete; thorough; leaving nothing to be desired; more than satisfactory
to rank next to; to come after
leader of a delegation (body, party)
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
management; administration; operation
retainer; attendant; escort
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet
that day; the very same day
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
to dye; to colour; to color
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
as a child; when one was a child
to grow up; to become an adult
mixing of public and private affairs; mixing business with personal affairs; mixing work and private matters
real thing; original; actual