cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
emperor; prince; princess
to palm off; to force a sale
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to sing; to chirp; to twitter
suddenly; all at once; rapidly
powerful family; powerful clan
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
scriptures; canon; teaching guide
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
at the window; by the window; next to the window
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
further; above (that); greater (than that); any more
from the viewpoint of; according to
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
compensation; reparations; indemnity; damages
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; relationship; relation; (good, bad, etc.) terms
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
environment; surroundings; circumstances
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
wandering; rambling; roaming
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
legitimate son (esp. eldest son); heir
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
duty; obligation; responsibility