technique; art; skill; move
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd; gourd (container); calabash
to taste; to try (food or drink)
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
to rock; to shake; to swing
hair (on the head); tresses; locks
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
leading actor; star actress; top-billed performer
clearness; clarity; skillfulness (skilfulness)
to say; to be called; to do
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
famous sword; excellent sword
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to understand; to make out
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to grow up; to become an adult
for example; for instance; e.g.
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate