serious; severe; grave; acute
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to hit the nail on the head; to guess exactly right
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
convert (e.g. to Buddhism)
spatula; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
loose; slovenly; sloppy; disorganized
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
wandering people; nomadic tribe
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
unjustified; unwarranted; unfounded; baseless; groundless
war; fighting; fierce competition
acceleration; speeding up
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
survival; survivor; relic
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
understanding person; supporter
black sheep (of a family); ostracism
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
expression; presentation; representation; notation
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
to try all possible means
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
spoils of war; booty; war trophy; something one managed to obtain or buy (at a bargain sale, merchandise stall, etc.); purchases; prizes (at an arcade, etc.)
polite; courteous; hospitable
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
for the first time in one's life
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to sink (into); to get depressed
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess