different culture; foreign culture
confections; sweets; candy; cake
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
character style; character form
short (in height); stumpy; tiny; short (trousers, etc.); undersized
to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains
to speak ill of; to disparage
self-condemnation; self-reproach; self-accusation
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
decorum; propriety; politeness
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
you; (arch.) your residence
etiquette; courtesy; manners
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
deed; act; work; performance
after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
handle; grip; stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)
emphasis; stress; main point; point of a lever where force is applied
to grant a person a moment
altitude sickness; mountain sickness
heigh-ho; heave-ho; la-la
to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut
incompatible; (going together) like oil and water
to be frank; to drop all pretense
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice