to ripen (fruit, grain, etc.); to become ripe
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to be (too) late getting married; to be (too) late going somewhere
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
it's not over yet; you haven't seen anything yet; it's not over until the fat lady sings; it's too soon to tell; we're not out of the woods
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
half and half; fifty-fifty
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
winter vacation; winter holidays
ex post facto report; report after the event
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
study; library; den; home office; reading room
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
front; frontage; facade; main
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
no!; no no!; no, not at all
being adopted into the family of one's bride