great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability
please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother
wounded person; injured person
likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
low dining table; tea table
evening; night; nighttime
dispersing; breaking up; running away
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
notes; comment; remark; annotation
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course; though possible as it may be
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to not take seriously; to take lightly
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing
one's family; family member
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
present (brought by a visitor); gift
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
building (esp. a house); house fixture; fitting; facial features
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
patient; having a long fuse
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
caller; visitor; company; guest
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
stigma; dishonour; dishonor; infamy
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes