satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
armrest (of a chair); elbow rest
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
glad countenance; joyful look
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to throw out; to fire; to expel; to give up; to abandon; to neglect
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
difficult to ...; hard to ...
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
laughing foolishly; cackling
endurance; perseverance; patience
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
at once; immediately; right now
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
fool; twit; idiot; bird-brain
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
well-cooked; well-done; browned
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus); (arch.) earthquake
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
older sister; elder sister
river; stream; River; the ... river
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late