cordial welcome; hearty welcome; kind treatment; hospitality
humming a tune (while doing something else)
absentmindedness; preoccupation; setting one's mind at ease; ceasing to worry; (arch.) loss of one's moral sense; (arch.) straying from virtue
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
to bless; to show mercy to; to give (money, etc.)
senility; dotage; decrepitude
to give no leeway; to press (for an answer, etc.); to shower (questions on someone)
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
to sob; to never stop crying; to cry on and on
to shake; to waver; to tremble
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
to grieve over; to mourn; to lament
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
ahead; further on; beyond (this place); before this; prior to this; earlier
influence; effect; impact
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
to faint; to lose consciousness; to be in a daze; to feel overwhelmed; to feel exhausted
mud; (wet) dirt; thief; Android (mobile operating system)
to humiliate; to disgrace; to put to shame; to violate; to (sexually) assault; to rape
settlement (of a dispute); making amends; settling a score; money paid to settle a dispute
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
exceedingly; extremely; exceptionally; unexpectedly
rational; logical; coherent
to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far
mortal enemy; object of fierce hatred or intense aversion; (lit.) one's parent's killer
to tease; to banter; to make fun of (someone)
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
regret; repentance; remorse
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted