head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
living room (Western style); sitting room
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
your husband; her husband
even though; despite; when
the other day; lately; recently; during this period
to insinuate; to satirize; to satirise; to take a dig at
nowadays; in this day and age
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
to be subject to punishment; to be punished
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
neighborly love; neighbourly love
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
thick book cover; book with thick binding
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction