best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
proposal; offer; request; application
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
chivalrous spirit; chivalry
character; disposition; spirit; temperament
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
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)
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
because of; owing to; due to
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
mass communication; mass media
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
money brought to a funeral; incense money; fee for a geisha's time
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)