cocoa (beverage, cocoa solids); hot chocolate
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to step back; to walk backwards
incompetent; no-talent; worthless person; dimwit; incompetence
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
pretension; conceit; hubris
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to water (a plant, a flower etc.)
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
bucket (for carrying sake, soy sauce, etc.); manure bucket; rainwater bucket (for dousing fires)
to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
tool; implement; means; furniture
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
orrery (mechanical model of the solar system)
metre (of a poem); meter; rhythm; prosody
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve