serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
difference in temperature; difference in degrees of enthusiasm, interest, commitment, etc.
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
writing; composition; essay; sentence
addiction to the printed word; reading addict; book (print) junkie
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
to finish reading; to read through
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
surely; certainly; without doubt
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
individual plate; single individual's small dish on which food taken from shared serving dishes is placed
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)