after age 7, boys and girls should be kept apart
paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree
the other day; some time ago; recently
preparations for returning (home)
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
feeling of loneliness; feeling of desolation
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
passenger seat; assistant driver's seat
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
to draw the line (between two situations); to make a clear distinction; to make it clear where one stands; to take clear responsibility for (mistakes, etc.)
to feel itchy; to itch; to feel creepy; to be impatient; to itch (to do something); to be eager
naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
somehow; for some reason or other
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
wicked thought; wicked mind
line; queue; procession; matrix
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
direct sunlight; direct rays of the sun
to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon
maximum temperature; highest temperature; (today's) high
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
and (also); both ... and; as well as