residential area; quarter; neighbourhood; neighborhood
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to squash; to crush; to flatten
environment; circumstance
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to talk; to chat; to chatter
dozens; scores of; decades
residence; abode; dwelling
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
report; notification; registration
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
starting (machine, engine, car, etc.); activation
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
remote control; remote operation
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
one-by-one; separately; in detail
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be