contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
direct; frank; straightforward; decisive; prompt
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
another thing; exception; special case
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
desire for marriage; marriage aspiration; yearning for marriage
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
dilettante; person of fantastic taste
1,000,000; one million; million; many
law; rule; commandment; the Torah (the law of God as revealed to Moses)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
angrily; in a huff; high on marijuana; tender (to chew)
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
such; like that; in that way
one's own handwriting; autograph; holograph
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
comparatively; quite; rather; rate; ratio; percentage
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
mindset; outlook; view; way of looking at things; perspective
prejudice; bias; distorted view
narrow-minded; intolerant; petty
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
insight; power of observation
correction; revision; amendment
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; (lit.) a hundred harms and not a single gain
absolute authority or power (over someone or something)