returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
of course; certainly; naturally
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to hide; to conceal oneself
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
Felidae (family comprising the cats)
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
beforehand; in advance; previously
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
use; utilization; utilisation; application
reduction by half; halving
club activities; extracurricular activities
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
every evening; night after night
trendy; in; now; currently at ...; now doing ...; in the middle of ...
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
all night long; all through the night
thicket; coppice; brushwood
irradiation; radiation; beaming; exposure (to light); illumination
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge
this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game