since then; from that time; ever since
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
in order to be(come)...; since it amounts to...; since it is advantageous to...
taking great pains (to do); making every effort; having a lot of trouble (doing); racking one's brains
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
to deliver; to hand over; to transfer
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
match fixing; put-up job; fixed game
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
study of foreign languages; linguistics
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
to dance down (leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
grand; far-reaching; ambitious
to change; to shift; to come and go
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
brambling (bird) (Fringilla montifringilla)
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
to make oneself available (free)
to torture; to persecute; to excruciate
to wither completely (of a plant); to dry up completely; to drop all its leaves
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
final coat (of paint, plaster, varnish, etc.); finish; glazing; adding more of the same (of something negative, e.g. shame)
stepping back; drawing back
excuse; evasion; dodge; subterfuge; evasive answer
abuse; curse; swearing; insult
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
indelible scene of one's childhood; earliest remembered scene
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
house hunting; searching an entire house; searching a house thoroughly
sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out