after having come this far; now that we've come this far
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
good time to make a profit; most profitable season; peak time
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
number; number plate; license plate
to find (after searching everywhere); to locate; to discover
being quick-eared; having sharp ears; being first to know about something
to let someone hold; to make someone grasp; to bribe; to slip money to; to pass off; to foist on
dividing into four; quartering
to be ill; to suffer from
discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced
(dead) body; corpse; remains
taking; accepting; receipt; leaving; departure; withdrawal
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
brave; courageous; gallant; valiant; heroic
master; teacher; stable master
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
feel uneasy; on tenterhooks; in suspense; on pins and needles
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
to shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other
toning down; calming down; slowing down; mollification
rambunctious kid; wild kid; hooligan; rowdy; roughneck
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
deceased; late; dead; departed
rouge (esp. lip rouge); lipstick
right of succession; right to the throne
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
the nth ...; divisions of a kabuki performance
stormy and full of drama; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
migration; move; emigration; immigration
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
thinking so highly of someone that you are blind to their faults; thinking the sun shines out of someone's eyes; being the apple of one's eye; loving someone dearly
blindness; blind (e.g. love, faith); reckless
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
exactly alike (in appearance); like two peas in a pod; (practically) identical; spitting image (of); carbon copy (of)
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion