opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
such; like that; that sort of; very
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
nothing but; none other than
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
alone; by oneself; on one's own
practice; practising; training; study
how long; how much; to what extent
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
secret; private; surreptitious
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
man; male; masculine gender
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
womanly; ladylike; feminine
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
noble's consort; consort of a prince; consort of a duke; duchess; princess
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
to be elegant; to be graceful; to be refined
rumour of a love affair; talk of a romance
to collect; to assemble; to gather