very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
dreams; visions; phantasms
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
calm; composed; cool; quiet
action; operation; effect; function
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel); lots of coins or jewels; cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving; large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)
to step firmly; to harden by treading
no!; no no!; no, not at all
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
one must constantly be on one's guard with ...; one cannot be too careful of ...
old body; aged person; elderly person
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
soft; fragile; weak; poorly built; insubstantial
Hades (Greek god); Pluto (Roman god)
youthful indiscretion; youthful enthusiasm; youthful excess
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
party to a contract; subscriber; policy owner (insurance)
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging