hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
not yet known; unknown; strange
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
iron rod; iron bar; iron club; horizontal bar (gymnastics)
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
family-oriented; familial
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
to live; to make a living; to get on with
close; intimate; on good terms
lubricating oil; lubricant; lube; person or thing that makes things run smoothly; facilitator
on bad terms; at loggerheads
arbitration; intercession; mediation
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
castella (type of sponge cake)
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
knowing; (an) acquaintance
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
discord; (on) bad terms (with)
elopement; running away with a lover
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
quarrel; dispute; argument
place to go; person to turn to; someone to depend on
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far