same family (race, tribe)
minority group (party); minority
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
settlement; solution; resolution
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
job-related; operational; business; in the course of one's work
nice; likeable; desirable
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
patient; unhurried; leisurely
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
the more one looks (at it) the more ...
to be on a (completely) different level; to be on a different scale; to be in a different league; to be of a different order of magnitude; to stand no comparison
incredible; extraordinary; exceptional; phenomenal
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
using all of one's strength (to); giving (it) everything one has got; going full-out; throwing a ball as hard as one can
war; fighting; fierce competition
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
process; course; mechanism
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
scrap; (small) piece; unimportant (person); petty ...; humble ...
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
action; operation; process; agency; effect; function
bed and food; eating and sleeping
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
occupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade
to be wide-awake; to be wakeful; to be unable to sleep