winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
(by force of) circumstances
(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself; on the go; taking an active interest
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
to hug tight; to grasp firmly; to embrace tightly
interruption; suspension; break
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
color of honey (colour); honey-colored; honey-coloured
light brown; golden brown; tan
freckles; buckwheat chaff
men's things; menswear; men's wear; men's; for men
speech; expression; wording; language
to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size
boy; son; baby boy; young man
gender; distinction of sex; sex
to mistake one thing for another; to mix up two things; to confuse two things; to misunderstand; to misapprehend
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
being proficient in both; combine both
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
light blue; pale blue; aqua
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
reserve; spare; note; memorandum; duplicate; copy
reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
to intercommunicate; to exchange (messages, vows, etc.)
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless