above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
chicken and vegetable stew with bechamel sauce or fresh cream
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
chilly; unpleasantly cold
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
how many years; how long; what year
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
homeless; homeless person
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
platform; home; home base; home plate
to find fault with other people rather than oneself; (for the pot) to call the kettle black
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
various evils; every kind of evil; all evils
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
I-novel; novel narrated in the first person
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
nature itself is a good mother; (lit.) even without parents, children grow up
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase