trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
inborn nature; genuine; intrinsic; essential
spring snow (usu. large snowflakes)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
the whole year; all the year
to be absorbed in thought; to muse; to muse about; to think things through
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
Oedipus complex; sexual attraction to one's mother
article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin
stork (esp. the Oriental stork, Ciconia boyciana)
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
to get into an argument; to come to discuss; to be controversial (usu. as an adjectival phrase); to be contentious
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to hate each other; to hate mutually
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
preface; introduction; preamble
tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
veil of darkness; curtain of night
magnificent spectacle; thrilling sight; grand view
all year round; all the time; year in and year out
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
underground spring; Hades; hell; underworld
growth period; growing season
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both