fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
Venus (Roman goddess); Venus (planet)
one's house; one's home; one's family
to be transmitted (handed down) from generation to generation
diamond (mineral, gemstone); diamond; infield; diamond (card suit)
stale; hackneyed; cliched
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
fair and square; open and aboveboard
directly opposite; right in front
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
silly person; dumb-bunny; dope
to descend; to stoop; to degrade oneself; to be reduced to
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go