custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
(set of) facial features; looks
apple of one's eye; one's jewel
complete; whole; perfect; safe
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
close; intimate; on good terms
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
to be stripped of all one's clothes; to lose everything one has
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)
fixed date; appointed date; set date; deadline; due date
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
kind; courteous; intimate; (arch.) becoming intimate; (arch.) having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship)
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
mnemonics; art of memorizing; mnemonic device
to fight (with); to cross swords; to compete (with); to argue (with); to have an argument; to have a dispute
pillow talk; conversation in bed; bedtime story
vertically segmented administrative system; overcompartmentalized bureaucracy; system in which interministerial rivalry diminishes overall efficiency; (bureaucratic) sectionalism; interministerial rivalry; bureaucratic fiefdoms
harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
point in common; common term; common trait; common denominator
decisive moment; turning point; critical moment; win-or-bust situation
greeting the New Year (on New Year's Eve); welcoming the New Year
freedom; free; open; unrestricted
point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; field inspection (e.g. in architecture, building)
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)