brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
as you can imagine; as you might guess
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
quantitative; concerning the quantity
instability; insecurity; crankiness
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
to have an idea; to have a clue
unexpected meeting; coincidence
treatment (of a person); dealing with
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
to stare back at; to look back at
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
curtain; hanging; bunting
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
copying; duplication; reproduction; copy
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
God only knows what may happen
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
properly; in a good manner; sophisticatedly; seemly; in a dignified way
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
it is to be regretted that ...; it is a pity that ...; it is unfortunately that ...