being adopted into the family of one's bride
preliminary arrangements; spade work
every other day; every second day
overflowing; effusive; exuberant; bountiful
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
ruler; monarch; sovereign
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
contrived; false-sounding
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
fascinate; bewitch; enchant
sexual desire; physical love; Eros (Greek god); Eros (asteroid); event-related optical signal; EROS
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
reduction by half; halving
to dent; to indent; to depress; to humiliate
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
taking a breath (while singing, swimming, etc.); short break; breather
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
special training; intensive training; crash course
running through; traversal
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)