relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
unpaid; without pay; gratuitous; voluntary
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
family structure; family composition; family makeup
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
older brother; elder brother
appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a printing type)
image; figure; figure; form; image
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
wherein; therein; thereinto
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
drama; play; powerful drug
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
modern times; the modern age; this day and age