hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
to entertain; to make welcome
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
a few years ago; some years back
near oneself; close to one; familiar
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
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
bottomless (bucket, etc.); unbounded (good nature, optimism, etc.); boundless; imprudent; indiscreet; extremely heavy drinker
with that; on that note; altogether; ending at that point; cut off there
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
carbonic acid; carbonated water; baking soda; sodium carbonate
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
becoming irritated (suddenly); getting annoyed
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
belief; faith; conviction
obedience; submission; resignation
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to become distant; to recede
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
family structure; family composition; family makeup
older brother; elder brother