flattery; cajolery; adulation
clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
skilfulness; skillfulness; cleverness
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to devise; to plot; to plan
rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
to pull out a fish; to lure
alas; regrettably; to my great regret; tragically
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
foolish thing; stupid thing; absurdity
to say (something) over one's shoulder
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to fret; to be fretful; to be peevish
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
good old wife; one's wife of many years
tooth blackening; tooth-blackening dye
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
grotesque; disgusting; gross
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to feel relieved; to forget about one's troubles; to settle into peace of mind
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress