grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
amusement center (centre); game arcade; gambling hall
to be dried out; to be parched
good bye; I'm off; see you later
to spend all of one's time in idle amusement
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
financial support; funding; support fund; subvention
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
megalomania; delusions of grandeur
narrow-minded; small-minded; close-minded; intolerant
woman or girl who acts cute by playing innocent and helpless
heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
generous; broad-minded; big-hearted
confused (situation); great fuss; much wrangling
to understand fully; to be convinced; to be satisfied
stage of ennui (esp. in one's married life); period of lassitude; lethargic period; rut
everyone at once; everyone together
precocious; precocious child
unthinking; thoughtless; heedless; inconsiderate
to make oneself pleasant to everybody
persuasion by tears; using tears to get one's way; sob story
to be a live-in employee; to live in; to live with
crying (of an infant) at night; baby colic
cattleya (type of orchid)
daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer; day labourer
to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it
different (from); not the same (as)
to find fault (with trivial matters); to scold over minor things; to get angry over trifles; to raise one's eyebrows
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
while looking on in blank amazement; before one's very eyes; before one knew what was happening
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
seeming like an excuse; seeming like a justification; defensive; in an apologetic tone