polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
opening and shutting; opening and closing
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
half the body; half length
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
preference; priority; precedence
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
well-known; famous; noted; popular; recognized
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
stupid plan; inane way of doing something; (one's own) plan or project
if so; in that case; in that situation
to gain a reputation; to make oneself famous
way of speaking; intimation
killing two birds with one stone; serving two ends
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
body; physique; build; stature
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
erection (usu. penis); standing erect; stiffening
coexistence; living together
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
to have sexual intercourse
proficiency; mastery; becoming proficient (in)
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
limited; limiting; restrictive
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.