chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
in this manner; in this way; like this
chocolate bar; bar of chocolate
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
recipe; prescription (medical); how-to guide (e.g. crafts)
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
looking on; remaining a spectator
(necessary) personnel; required person
with a start; with a jump
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
successful execution; accomplishment; completion; fulfillment; carrying through
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
brink of death; time to give up; knowing when to give up
wrapping; lapping (i.e. grinding, polishing)
chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
every year; yearly; annually
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
somewhere to go; place to go
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
February; second month of the lunar calendar
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
sounding continuously (phone, alarm, etc.)
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation