unselfish; disinterested; unavaricious; free of avarice
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
society; the world; the times
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
that's the way it is; such is life
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)