to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
(your) daughter; young woman
lifesaver; person who saved one's life
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
observation; survey; watching
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
if so; in that case; in that situation
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
other intention; hidden purpose; ulterior motive; ill will; malice
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
(one acting as a) foster parent
deep affection; dear; beloved
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
just one person; only one
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
acquaintance; friend; (arch.) lover
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...