leading person; foremost figure
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
to spend all one's time doing; to do day in, day out; to do nothing but ...; to pass (of days)
proving ground; test site
patient; unhurried; leisurely
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics
shopping; purchased goods
to be beside oneself; to lose one's head; to go mad with something
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy
interior design; interior; upholstery
person of firm character; stable person; gutsy person
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
cushion; cushion (to soften the blow); mitigation
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
to boil; to heat (a liquid); to prepare (a bath, hot drink); to excite; to rouse; to stir
flour; meal; powder; heroin
castella (type of sponge cake)
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
to relax; to feel at home
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
(school) girlish taste (for things that are sweet, cute, romantic, etc.); interest in young girls (rather than adult women)
objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
phantom; vision; illusion
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt
sealing (away); containment; suppression; seal; place where something is sealed; seam (of an envelope)
cannot bear (doing); cannot bring oneself (to do); reluctant (to do)
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
dark blue ground; dark blue cloth
to be extremely polite; to show the utmost courtesy; to do everything required by etiquette