expectation; anticipation; forecast
abuse; misuse; perversion
leap; jump; stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; rapid progress; dramatic development
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
beyond human understanding
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
and then; and so; and; so then
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
to take over; to obtain by transfer; to inherit; to buy; to purchase
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
understanding person; supporter
way of speaking; intimation
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
treating someone like a child
to get angry; to lose one's temper
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age (when ...); for years (past)
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
warm welcome; friendly reception; hospitality; entertainment
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
to dress (e.g. a salad); to toss (in a sauce or dressing)
to fry; to saute; to stir-fry
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
Hades; land of the dead; netherworld
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
to go on about (one's love affairs); to speak proudly of (one's spouse, girlfriend, etc.); to speak fondly of
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
fire lit on a boat to lure fish at night
end of the world; farthest corner of the earth
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
immediately; at once; instantly