upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
(college) president; secretary-general
long (time that has passed); old (story)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
corridor; hallway; passageway
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
only; merely; but; no more than
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
war; battle; match; game; competition
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
honor; honour; credit; prestige
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
hospitalization; hospitalisation
two persons; two people; pair; couple
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
working earnestly; sincerity; diligence; effort; pains
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues