proper quantity; suitable amount; proper dose; optimal dose
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
steady; firm; solid; secure
to change (e.g. a bill); to transfer (e.g. money); to switch over; to move over
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
marriage proposal; marriage talks
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
dissipation; prodigality; debauchery
secondary residence; vacation home; villa
taking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
sense of inferiority; one's weak point
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
fortune-telling; divination
financial power; financial means; wealth
vitality; ability to earn a living
to gouge out; to cut out; to scoop out; to bring to light; to reveal
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
fruit knife; paring knife
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness
cultivation; refinement; culture; education