warm welcome; friendly reception; hospitality; entertainment
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
young girl; lass; adolescent female
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
to cringe with fear; to cower with fright; to be terribly afraid
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
to rub against; to chafe; to quarrel
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
Ireland (country); Éire; Ireland (island)
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
discord; breaking up (e.g. friendship)
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
protuberance; projection; prominence; bump; boss; process
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
to go fast; to drive fast; to speed
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble