your home; your family; their home; (my) home
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
deduction in advance (of tax, interest, etc.)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
writing implement; writing tool
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
to become coarse (e.g. of a texture); to turn rough; to turn gritty; to become sandy
smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
charcoal; charred remains
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
magic; sorcery; witchcraft; magic tricks (with large-scale props)
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
you could say that; that might be so
to be mad about; to be hooked on; to find something hilarious; to find something so funny that one cannot stop laughing
feeling; sense; impression
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
string; cord; leash; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions