detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
to telephone; to make a phone call
absence; disregard; indifference
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
to avoid being seen; to be clandestine
being heard (by others); being overheard; being leaked (of plans, secrets, etc.); going in one ear and out the other
(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
stifled laugh; chuckling; snickering
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously
folding into four; quarto
counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.; (arch.) counter for boats
Dear Sir or Madam; Dear Sirs; Gentlemen
the opening greeting on letters
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
the above sentence; the foregoing remark; preamble (to a statute, constitution, etc.); opening part of a letter (used for season's greetings, asking after someone's health, etc.)
seasonal greeting; conventional opening phrase in a letter, appropriate to the season
front matter (of a book); preliminaries
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
safety; welfare; well-being
phrases, etc. at the ends of letters, etc.
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; ci (Chinese literary form); ancillary word
yours sincerely; sincerely yours; yours truly
conclusion; concluding remarks
appendix; postscript; retrofit; post-installation; giving a reason afterwards; making an excuse after the event
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
slip (of paper); tag (usu. bamboo, wood, ivory, etc.); label
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
main clause; main part (of a piece of writing); text (of a judicial decision)
to allow oneself to ...; to take the liberty of ...; it is presumed that; (I, we) presume that; on one's own accord; by one's arbitrary decision