plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
to send (a person or thing) to; to deliver; to escort
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
everyone; everybody; ladies and gentlemen
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to result in death; to lead to death; to be fatal (e.g. disease)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
comparatively; quite; rather; rate; ratio; percentage
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
clanging (of a bell); jangling; ding-dong; continuously; incessantly; one after another
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
having a child from a former relationship (when remarrying); bringing along one's child; being accompanied by one's child
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite