request; favour (to ask); wish; please
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
future (usually near); prospects
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to turn completely into; to become completely
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
program (e.g. TV); programme
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
loveable; very likeable; like very much
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
myself; yourself; I; me; you
that's true; of course; obviously
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to be needed; to be wanted
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)