elopement; running away with a lover
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
to listen to in an ecstasy
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
(period of) a year; during an era
to muster up one's courage
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
truthfulness; credibility; sincerity; honesty; good faith
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
I see; that's right; indeed
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
physical punishment; beating; smacking; severe scolding; chastisement; discipline
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
memory; ability to remember
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
plump; with a thud; heavily
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
basket; basketball; basket cloth
cover; mantle; shroud; hood
lidded; covered; container with a lid
first-rate; finest quality; the best
to be pleased; to gloat; to glow with self-satisfaction
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
grasping (with one's bare hands); holding; grabbing; seizing; catching
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
to check; to stop; to keep back