furnishings; implements; equipment
colour; color; hue; tints
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
about; concerning; related to; -ish
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
to participate in; to take part in; to play a part in; to receive; to be given; to enjoy
honour; honor; glory; privilege
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
confections; sweets; candy; cake
tall figure; high stature
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
to find out; to discover; to locate
main theater of war; principal battlefield
reason; cause; circumstances
concept; general idea; notion; intention; aim; design
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
somehow; for some reason or other
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with