consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
sculpture; carved statue; graven image
skylight; dormer; transom; dormer window
to get moldy (mouldy); to get musty; to develop mildew
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
later on; eventually; afterwards
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
pardon me for leaving (first)
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
everyday; always; at all times; frequently
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
to gather up into one's arms; to lift; to carry