to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
recently; lately; these days
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
settlement; solution; resolution
stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; blockhead; idiot; dimwit
all; entire; whole; altogether
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
something done out of spite; snide remark; insinuation; innuendo; dig
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to snatch; to grab; to steal; to charge (an exorbitant price) for
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
real estate agent; realtor
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously
hostess bar; bar with female companions for male customers
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
to mistake one thing for another; to mix up two things; to confuse two things; to misunderstand; to misapprehend
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown