price decline; fall in price
shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; snow cone; sno-cone
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
the way back; the way home; return trip
Buddhist family chapel; altar room
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
to spend all of one's time in idle amusement
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
amorous adventure; love affair
lisping; poorly expressed; unclear (wording); imprecise (expression)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
upper floor; upstairs; top of the stairs
to show up; to appear; to turn up
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
middle-aged couple; middle-aged husband and wife
retirement age; (arch.) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...