merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
to be drawn to; to feel the call of ...; to have one's heart-strings pulled
to brave a danger; to take a risk
household; home; family; housekeeping
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
to have a good idea; to be able to predict
danger to oneself; (fear of) one's physical safety
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology
to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
manual or physical labor; manual or physical labour
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
near; close; beside; third person
touching; moving; painful
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
older sister; elder sister
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
postal delivery; mail delivery; postman; mailman
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
coloured paper; colored paper
to yearn for (someone, something); to miss
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
about when; about what time; how soon
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest