to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
around the clock; day and night
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
returning from school; going home from school
shopping; purchased goods
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
in one's own way or style
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with somebody's suggestion; to be talked into doing
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
surname; family name; last name
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
to call each other; to call out to one another
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
office kitchenette; room with facilities for boiling water
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with