to vacuum; to clean with a vacuum cleaner
to switch off; to turn off
just past noon; afternoon
bed hair; hair disarranged during sleep; habit of moving around in one's sleep; sleeping habit
closing; shutting; firmness; tightness; discipline
for use by children; for children
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
turning around; spinning around; curling up; round and charming (e.g. eyes)
carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse
a sight for sore eyes; seeing something beautiful or precious
proficiency; mastery; becoming proficient (in)
parents' ability (or inability) to let go of their children
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)
one's house; one's home; one's family
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
under the staircase; understairs
baumkuchen; spit cake with cross-section resembling tree rings
digital versatile disc; DVD
to sparkle; to glitter; to twinkle
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
to envy; to be envious (of); to be jealous (of)
warm and fluffy; soft; steamy hot (food); hot and flaky; feeling mentally tired; feeling of tired relief or accomplishment after effort or perseverance
to be beside oneself; to lose one's head; to go mad with something
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
generous; broad-minded; big-hearted