food storage; provision store; pantry
receiving; acceptance; reception
real experience; actual observations
the senses; sensuality; carnality
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
skim reading; skipping through text
careful reading; reading thoroughly; perusal
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
to finish reading; to read through
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
historical records; historical materials
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
to share (someone's) good luck; to follow (someone's) example; to enjoy the same benefits (of someone or something); to be named after
sightseeing spot; tourist attraction
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
Maya (ancient Indian tribe in Central America)
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
five colors (usu. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd
to antagonize; to provoke antipathy
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
long ago; previous; of a former age
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
historic; historical; traditional
to use one thing for several purposes; to use the same thing on multiple occasions; to work someone hard; to order around; to boss
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship; (arch.) eldest brother; Brazil; Brazilian
direct control; direct supervision
several times (as large, over)
to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance