style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
main question; real issue at hand
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
on the occasion of; at the time of
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
to be quick-witted; to be quick-thinking
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
and then; and so; and; so then
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
(your) daughter; young woman
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
sympathy; compassion; pity
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
cooperation; coordination; link
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice
to make an appeal; to urge
large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
when it becomes; when it comes to
story; tale; talk; discussion
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
to lose completely; to waste; to let slip away
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
opinion; intention; thought
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
as you see; as you can see
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
connection; link; relationship