love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
to be the first to speak; to break the silence; to open something for the first time; to broach (e.g. a cask); to break a seal
confections; sweets; candy; cake
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
plaster; wall clay; wall mud
about when; about what time; how soon
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
living room (Japanese-style)
covered in mud; mud-caked
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
fixed paper-enclosed lantern; paper-covered wooden stand housing an (oil) lamp
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to recognize by sound (recognise); to identify by sound; to understand; to be reasonable
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to try to (do); to want to; to be about to (do, happen)
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to be widely known; to be famous
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
hearsay; learning by hearsay
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
household economy; family finances
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
thrift; economy; frugality
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
finally; after; following; at the end (of)