wrapping; lapping (i.e. grinding, polishing)
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
festival; feast; carnival
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
foreign; abroad; overseas
costume; fancy dress; masquerade; converted (cruiser)
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
sales; selling; marketing
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
unfairness; injustice; partiality
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
beauty of slender female legs
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
to look away; to turn away
sensitive; susceptible; impressionable
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
successively; one after another
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)