chair; stool; post; office; position
to look around; to survey
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
warm and fluffy; soft; steamy hot (food); hot and flaky; feeling mentally tired; feeling of tired relief or accomplishment after effort or perseverance
to get used to; to become accustomed to; to be at home (on the stage)
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
rich (taste); full-bodied (flavour, flavor); mellow; laid-back (lifestyle); relaxed; comfortable
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
landscape photograph; scenic photograph
pregnancy; conception; gestation
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
thinning out fruit; removing superfluous fruit
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
one's house; one's home; one's family
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
elder sister; older female friend
main guest; guest of honor; guest of honour
greeting; a fine thing to say
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
clicking; clopping; clacking
height (of summer, party, etc.); (in) full swing
to be photographed; to be projected
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
embarrassed; self-conscious; bashful; abashed