quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
undesirable friend; bad company; bad companion; partner-in-crime (i.e. good friend); close friend; buddy
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
participation; joining; entry
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
at a young age; while still young
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
spare time; free time; leisure time
drama; play; powerful drug
script; screenplay; scenario
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
consideration; taking into account
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
such; like that; that sort of
to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive
reality; actuality; hard fact
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to be breathtaking; to be stifling
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)