to begin to do; to cater; to deliver food
commercialization (e.g. product); commodification
application; request; petition
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
grandfather; male senior-citizen
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
light and easy; lambent; clever; witty; smart
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
way of reciting; way of telling a story
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department
womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
to sell like hot cakes; to fly off the shelves
fragment; one of the group or party
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
public relations; PR; publicity; publicizing
public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
to sympathize deeply with; to strike a chord of sympathy
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
close; intimate; on good terms
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big