(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
pulse (edible seeds of various leguminous crops); plant yielding pulse
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
taking a breath (while singing, swimming, etc.); short break; breather
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
optimism; taking an optimistic view
men and women of all ages
be (that) as it may; having said that
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
taste; smooth talking; reception; hospitality
normal practice; proper practice
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
slight; thin; on the weak side
thickness (of a sauce, soup, etc.); viscosity; thick consistency
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
supportive (role); assistant; assisting
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
full moon; 15th day of the lunar month
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to grow bored
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
popular name; common name; given name
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
millet dough cake; millet mochi
insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising
amount of sugar; sugar content