parental love; parental affection
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
edict; ordinance; proclamation
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
self-responsibility; on one's own responsibility; at one's own risk
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal provisions; penal code
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
stipulation; prescription; normal (unit of normality); compulsory exercise (in gymnastics); compulsory routine
to burn with combativeness
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
to blame; to find fault with
pass (e.g. backstage pass); permit (to pass or travel); laissez passer; passport
garden (esp. with trees); park
soft, coaxing voice; wheedling voice; ingratiating voice
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
to tell (to do); to order; to tell (on someone); to report; to often say; to be used to saying
imposing stance; daunting pose
to prostrate oneself (before)
an issue being settled; a case being closed
judgement; judgment; connoisseur
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
dangling; swaying; (walking) leisurely; aimlessly; idly; lazily
to be too late; to be too slow
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
to gain fame; to make one's name
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to break; to break down; to be crazy; to be nuts; to be infatuated (with); to be crazy (about)
to set about in earnest; to make a strenuous effort; to put one's back into (doing)
senior leadership; senior leader; upper echelon (of power); top-ranking officer
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
ghost story; tale of the supernatural
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
smith; blacksmith; small crowbar for extracting nails; cat's paw
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility