not a pretty sight; appalling; not a good look
successor; replacement; second wife
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
mutual agreement; understanding; common consent
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
to begin; to set about; to start
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
to fiddle with; to monkey around with
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; question mark
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
charming; captivating; bewitching; seductive; coquettish
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
swan (Cygnus spp.); white-feathered bird
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
strip show; striptease; stripping; removing one's clothes; strip (e.g. of wood)
association; union; guild
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
the more one looks (at it) the more...
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
that is to say; so that means
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
in bad taste; vulgar; tasteless