serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
worth; merit; value; good point; strong point; redeeming feature
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
extreme; ultra; mega; damn; stupid; cursed
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
what kind of; what sort of; what
(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse; correspondence; balance; miai; two different options such that if one player takes one, the other player can take the other
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
strict; formal; strait-laced; stuffy; prudish; serious
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
taking a breather; relaxation; rest; vent; ventilation opening
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
Qing dynasty (of China; 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression
(sales) promotion; (sales, advertising) campaign; campaign (for an election, social change, etc.); movement; (military) campaign
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
stimulating; exciting; provocative
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
recommendation; referral; endorsement
a gap develops; a significant difference emerges
imagination; supposition; guess
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
real estate agent; realtor
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat