doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
infancy; childhood; tender age
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming
man; male; masculine gender
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
to reveal one's (poor) upbringing (through poor manners, etc.); to betray one's origin; to give oneself away
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
essence; true nature; substance; reality
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
humorous; funny; amusing; enjoyable (e.g. life); pleasant; fun
to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.); to become embellished
frank; candid; frankfurter; frank
to lose one's senses (over); to be out of one's mind (over); to be completely captivated (by); to be smitten; to be engrossed (in)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
affidavit; deposition; testimony
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
don't you think?; indicates question
yourself; himself; herself
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn