to gain experience; to get accustomed (with something)
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
freckles; buckwheat chaff
to be wavy; to be curled; to be frizzled
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put a person to sleep
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking
kitchen; financial situation
sofa; couch; lounge chair
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.)
anyway; anyhow; as one likes; by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes
the other day; lately; recently
to lower one's voice; to speak more softly
a person without a single relative
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
forced laugh; forced smile
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
(death from) starvation; starving to death
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
indeed; really; truly; very much
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
stole; scarf; stall (of an engine or aircraft); stall (cattle)
taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable