to take away; to carry away
to be discouraged; to shrink from
remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
interior (of building, room, vehicle, etc.); interior design
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
business use; business purposes
cabinet; housing (of equipment)
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
offering a full report to a superior
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
popular person; favorite; favourite
carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
to re-cover; to reupholster; to repaper; to renew (e.g. a plaster)
to get moldy (mouldy); to get musty; to develop mildew
this, that and the other; this and that
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
husband and wife; married couple
family structure; family composition; family makeup
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)
objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio
New York Museum of Modern Art
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying