cultural assets; cultural property
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
in the meanwhile; during the time
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
peephole (e.g. in a door); observation window; viewing window
man; male; masculine gender
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to keep (a person) waiting
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation
fold; crease; pleat; manners; courtesy; responsible behavior (behaviour)
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
suits for gentlemen; menswear
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
to spit out; to eject; to dump
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
reception room; parlor; parlour
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
somewhat large; of a larger size; on the large size; large swing (bat, racquet, etc.); long sweeping stroke
to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)