to detain; to check; to restrain
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
proposal; proposition; suggestion
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
story; tale; talk; discussion
to become famous overnight; to burst into fame
relation; connection; affinity
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
burst of laughter; roar of laughter
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
insecticide; insect repellent
consecutive; continuous; successive
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
in accordance with; according to
surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly