teary-eyed; damp (e.g. skin, hair); moist
proper; respectable; decent; honest
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
vocal sound; tone of voice
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
good at playing along; up for anything; carefree; uplifting; upbeat
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
to be smeared; to be covered
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out