tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
stairs; stairway; staircase
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
from one end to another; thoroughly; completely; utterly
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to step firmly (on); to harden by treading
to hang (something) on the wall
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to choke; to have trouble breathing
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colored; honey-coloured
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
feeling; sense; impression
although I say; although one might say; although called
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to face each other; to be opposite (to)
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
close to the wall; alongside the wall
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
height (of a person); stature
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of