to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance; looks
to quit one's job; to resign
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
centre of attention; center of attention
dignity; quality; grace; panache; level
frunk; front trunk (e.g. of a car)
to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins; you'll pay for that!; what goes around, comes around
all right (e.g. when guiding a driver); keep coming; OK
spare time; free time; leisure time
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
recital (i.e. of music, by a pupil); presentation (e.g. product launch)
comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
morning training (e.g. before school)
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
discipline; training; teaching manners
nursery school; day nursery; preschool
drop (e.g. of water); drip
to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
bad-feeling; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross; disgusting
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
studies; schoolwork; classwork
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
with a momentary flash of light
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
manners; behavior; behaviour