to fix (e.g. to a wall); to secure; to install; to plant
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
black lustre; black luster
deformity; distortion; disability; word written at the end of a letter
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
progressive form; in progress (e.g. of a project)
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
though one didn't intend (expect) to
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
while moving; on the move
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
telling others; revealing to others; letting out a secret
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
reward; honorarium; remuneration
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
how many years; how long; what year
playmate; companion; friend to play with
exactly as stated; verbatim
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
to change completely; to change suddenly
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes