unexplored region; secluded region; place off the beaten track
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
sons and daughters; children; girl
to open the door (to the world, women, etc.)
good family; respectable family; decent family
one round; one turn; one size (larger or smaller); one cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac
results; record; grades; marks
hard to please; difficult; particular; bad-tempered; in a bad mood; displeased
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
to gather; to collect; to assemble
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
deep place; depths; depth; profundity
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
beauty or ugliness; personal appearance; looks
indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
troublesome; annoying; complicated
Her Majesty the Queen; mistress (in S&M); dominatrix
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
three; three years of age
the same grade; same class
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
to feel depressed; to be down