warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
home; household; family; hearth
hard worker; hardworking person
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across
as a child; when one was a child
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
power balance; balance of power
(having) bad marks or results (e.g. in school); of poor quality or workmanship
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
sister complex; excessive attachment to one's sister; component stereo system
public affair; government matter; duke; prince; Sir; Lord
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
absence; disregard; indifference
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
being very busy; busyness
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
you could say that; that might be so
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
calm; composed; cool; quiet
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
tea utensils; container for powdered green tea (tea ceremony)
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement