unfavourable comparison; unfavorable comparison
unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
looks; features; (personal) appearance
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
one's mind; one's heart; one's intention
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
in and out; income and expenses; free associations; run of the house
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
magazine; journal; periodical
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
free (of charge); gratuitous
operation; functioning; running
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
unmarried person; bachelor; spinster
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of
generally; in the main; briefly (look over, explain, etc.); roughly; more or less
to think over; to ponder; to ruminate; to reflect
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
hair on the back of one's head
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around
non-disabled; having no physical or mental disability; able-bodied