to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
to continue (going along some trend)
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
wishes of a deceased person; dying wish
to take over; to hand over
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
bungalow; one-story house
to look around; to look towards (us)
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
to make trouble; to rock the boat; to make waves; to aggravate a situation
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to happen to meet; to come across
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to hide; to keep to oneself
serious; not joking; straight
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
nostrils; wings of the nose
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to change color (esp. leaves, fruit, flowers) (colour); to turn crimson (e.g. leaves in autumn); to begin to redden; to ripen; to grow ripe
freckles; buckwheat chaff
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
personal; individual; private